cowsay-python
Introduction
A python API / Command-line tool for the famous linux cowsay.
Take a look at CHANGELOG.md for the changes.
Brief History
cowsay for GNU/Linux was initially written in perl by Tony Monroe. More info
here.
Installation
pip install cowsay
API Usage
>>> import cowsay
>>> cowsay.cow('Hello World')
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| Hello World |
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^__^
(oo)\_______
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>>> print(cowsay.get_output_string('cow', 'Hello World'))
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| Hello World |
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(oo)\_______
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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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/ \
| Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscin |
| g elit. Mauris blandit rhoncus nibh. Mauris mi ma |
| uris, molestie vel metus sit amet, aliquam vulput |
| ate nibh. |
\ /
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(oo)\_______
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>>> my_fish = r'''
\
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/`路.赂
/赂...赂`:路
赂.路麓 赂 `路.赂.路麓)
: 漏 ):麓; 赂 {
`路.赂 `路 赂.路麓\`路赂)
`\\麓麓\赂.路麓
'''
>>> cowsay.draw('Sharks are my best friend', my_fish)
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| Sharks are my best friend |
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\
\
/`路.赂
/赂...赂`:路
赂.路麓 赂 `路.赂.路麓)
: 漏 ):麓; 赂 {
`路.赂 `路 赂.路麓\`路赂)
`\\麓麓\赂.路麓
Command Line Usage
$ cowsay -t "Hello World"
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| Hello World |
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(oo)\_______
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$ cowsay -t "Hello World" -c "tux"
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| Hello World |
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|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
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/'\_ _/`\
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More Characters
>>> cowsay.char_names
['beavis', 'cheese', 'cow', 'daemon', 'dragon', 'fox', 'ghostbusters', 'kitty',
'meow', 'miki', 'milk', 'octopus', 'pig', 'stegosaurus', 'stimpy', 'trex',
'turkey', 'turtle', 'tux']
>>> cowsay.char_funcs
{'beavis': <function func at 0x104b734c0>,
'cheese': <function func at 0x104d285e0>,
...
'tux': <function func at 0x104d28f70>}
>>> len(cowsay.chars)
19
Contributers
Guide: CONTRIBUTING.md
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