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By Sourav Goswami
March 30, 2020
Hi, my name is /usr/bin/cowspeak. I speak a quote on your terminal.
Usage: Run me from the command line without any arguments, and I will show you a fortune.
All the Available arguments:
1 --art or -a Display a tutorial on adding your own art.
2 --blink or -b Blink the texts.
3 --borderh=<ch>/-brh=<ch> Horizontal border character.
4 --borderv=<ch>/-brv=<ch> Vertical border character.
5 --bubble=<text>/-bbl=<text> Specify the character of speech balloons.
6 --documentation/-d Display the documentation.
7 --download/-dl Download missing files from Github.
8 --file=<path>/-f=<path> Specify the path of your own ASCII art.
9 --fill=<char>/-fc=<char> Fill the quote area with a character.
10 --force-update/-fu Forcefully update (also see --update)
11 --help/-h Display help.
12 --invert/-inv Invert the output (right <- left in English)!
13 --manual/-m Display a manual. Same as documentation.
14 --net=<url>/-n=<url> Read data from a website (in curl format).
15 --no-art/-na Don't display the animal.
16 --no-colour/-nc Don't colourize the output.
17 --no-text/-nt Don't show any text, show the animal.
18 --read=<file>/-r=<file> Read a file.
19 --reverse/-rev Cowspeak reads upside down!
20 --rotate-colour/-rc Rotate the output colours in each line.
21 --show-arts/-sa Show arts in the default directory.
22 --text=<text>/-t=<text> Display a custom text.
23 --version/-v Display the current /usr/bin/cowspeak version.
24 --update/-u Update cowspeak if possible.
25 --welcome/-w Show some system details to the user.