A python API / console script for the famous linux
cowsay
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Take a look at CHANGELOG.md for the changes
cowsay for GNU/Linux was initially written in perl by Tony Monroe ([email protected]), with suggestions from Shannon Appel ([email protected]) and contributions from Anthony Polito ([email protected]).
pip install cowsayDocumentation was generated using pdoc using the following command
pdoc -d google cowsay -o docs>>> import cowsay
>>> cowsay.cow('Hello World')
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>>> print(cowsay.get_output_string('cow', 'Hello World'))
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>>> cowsay.cow('Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris blandit rhoncus nibh. Mauris mi mauris, molestie vel metus sit amet, aliquam vulputate nibh.')
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['beavis', 'cheese', 'cow', 'daemon', 'dragon', 'fox', 'ghostbusters', 'kitty', 'meow', 'miki', 'milk', 'pig', 'stegosaurus', 'stimpy', 'trex', 'turkey', 'turtle', 'tux']
>>> cowsay.chars
{'beavis': <function func at 0x00000220913B4670>, 'cheese': <function func at 0x00000220913B4F70>, 'daemon': <function func at 0x00000220913D40D0>,
'cow': <function func at 0x00000220913D41F0>, 'dragon': <function func at 0x00000220913D4280>, 'fox': <function func at 0x00000220913D4310>,
'ghostbusters': <function func at 0x00000220913D43A0>, 'kitty': <function func at 0x00000220913D4430>, 'meow': <function func at 0x00000220913D44C0>,
'miki': <function func at 0x00000220913D4550>, 'milk': <function func at 0x00000220913D45E0>, 'pig': <function func at 0x00000220913D4670>,
'stegosaurus': <function func at 0x00000220913D4700>, 'stimpy': <function func at 0x00000220913D4790>, 'trex': <function func at 0x00000220913D4820>,
'turkey': <function func at 0x00000220913D48B0>, 'turtle': <function func at 0x00000220913D4940>, 'tux': <function func at 0x00000220913D49D0>}
>>> len(cowsay.chars)
18
>>> for char, char_func in cowsay.chars.items():
... char_func(f'Hi! I am {char}')
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