Cowsay - Chicken File
Cowsay (and its related program, cowthink) can bring a little bit of fun to a SysAdmin on a Friday afternoon. It can be installed easily using;
sudo apt-get install cowsay
Or if you're in the red-hat world;
sudo yum install cowsay
And here you are, you can run cowsay
[user@machine ~]$ echo "It's FRIDAY, and I want to go home." | cowsay
______________________________________
/ It's FRIDAY, and I want to go to the \
\ pub. /
--------------------------------------
\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
But it doesn't end there. You can find other cool ascii art images.
[user@machine ~]$ echo "Who ya gonna call? Not me, I'm going to the pub." | cowsay -T U -f ghostbusters
_________________________________________
/ Who ya gonna call? Not me, I'm going to \
\ the pub. /
-----------------------------------------
\
\
\ __---__
_- /--______
__--( / \ )XXXXXXXXXXX\v.
.-XXX( O O )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
And you can share the love with your friends on the same machine.
[user@machine ~]$ echo "It's FRIDAY, and I want to go to the pub, fancy a pint?" | cowsay | write friend
______________________________________
/ It's FRIDAY, and I want to go to the \
\ pub, fancy a pint? /
--------------------------------------
\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||