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xcowsay

Display a cute cow and message on your Linux desktop.

The cow is displayed for either a fixed amount of time, or an amount of time calculated from the size of the text. Click on the cow to dismiss it immediately.

More information.

• Display a cow saying "hello, world":

xcowsay "{hello, world}"

• Display a cow with output from another command:

ls | xcowsay

• Display a cow at the specified X and Y coordinates:

xcowsay --at={X},{Y}

• Display a different sized cow:

xcowsay --cow-size={small|med|large}

• Display a thought bubble instead of a speech bubble:

xcowsay --think

• Display a different image instead of the default cow:

xcowsay --image={path/to/file}

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