cowsay

ASCII-entities that can repeat phrases.

This repository contains the Rumrunner0.Cowsay class library and Rumrunner0.Cowsay.Tool CLI tool. All the content in the repository is an original work created as a personal project, and serves as a .NET C# adaptation of the original cowsay program.

Description

Cowsay is a fun and configurable speaking cow (not only) program. Originally developed for GNU/Linux, this C# adaptation brings the fun of the original cowsay to the .NET ecosystem.

Usage

Rumrunner0.Cowsay Library

using System;
using Rumrunner0.Cowsay;

var entity = EchoingEntity.Cow;
Console.WriteLine(entity.Speak());
Console.WriteLine(entity.Echo("Hello, world!"));

Rumrunner0.Cowsay.Tool

To install the tool globally, use the following command:

$ dotnet tool install --global Rumrunner0.Cowsay.Tool

Then, you can use the tool with the following commands:

# with default entity (cow)
$ cowsay
$ cowsay --phrase "Hello, world!"

# with specific entity (cow)
$ cowsay --entity-name "cow"
$ cowsay --entity-name "cow" --phrase "Hello, world!"

# with specific entity (elephant)
$ cowsay --entity-name "elephant"
$ cowsay --entity-name "elephant" --phrase "Hello, world!"

Also, you can get more information about the tool with the following commands:

# displays current version
$ cowsay --version

# displays help
$ cowsay -h
$ cowsay --help

History

The original cowsay program, written in Perl, was created by Tony Monroe, with suggestions from Shannon Appel and contributions from Anthony Polito, as a whimsical program for GNU/Linux systems. It served as a creative output mechanism, generating ASCII art of a cow uttering the input text.

Contributing

If you have any suggestions, ideas, or feedback to enhance the project, please feel free to create an issue. Your collaboration is welcomed to make this project a bit better.