melleb / cowsay-haskell

A cowsay implementation in Haskell

Cowsay

A cowsay implementation in Haskell. Based on the original cowsay implementation of Tony Monroe, inspired by @advi.

Did you know there's even a Wiki on cowsay?

Usage

$ cowsay -h
Usage: cowsay [OPTIONS] [MESSAGE]
  -l         --list           List available cows
  -f FILE    --file=FILE      Set cow type
  -W WIDTH   --width=WIDTH    Set max message width
  -b         --borg           Borg cow mode
  -d         --dead           Dead cow mode
  -g         --greedy         Greedy cow mode
  -p         --paranoid       Paranoid cow mode
  -s         --stoned         Stoned cow mode
  -t         --tired          Tired cow mode
  -w         --wired          Wired cow mode
  -y         --young          Young cow mode
  -e EYES    --eyes=EYES      Set cow eyes
  -T TONGUE  --tongue=TONGUE  Set cow tongue


$ ./cowsay -e "^^" -f small Moooooooooooooooooooo!
 ________________________
< Moooooooooooooooooooo! >
 ------------------------
       \   ,__,
        \  (^^)____
           (__)    )\\
              ||--|| *

TODO

The following functionality is lacking compared to the original version:

• Being able to read from stdin
• Disable word wrapping (the -n flag)

License

Distributed under the original cowsay license, please see the LICENSE file.