xcowfortune(6)
π xcowfortune β the Games Manual one πβ¨
okay bestie, sit DOWN, because this is literally the cutest thing in your whole man collection. it's xcowfortune, from the Games Manual section (section 6, iykyk π
), and it does exactly one iconic thing and does it flawlessly.
πΈ NAME πΈ
xcowfortune β displays a cute cow and a fortune quote in a speech bubble.
yes. that's the whole job. a cow. a bubble. a fortune. main character energy fr fr ππ¬
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
xcowfortune [-h] [-t time] [-r speed] [-d] [-f font] [text]...
look at her. so compact. so slay. π
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
okay so here's the tea, bestie: xcowfortune is a convenient shortcut for piping the output of fortune (6) to xcowsay (6). that's it. that's the whole vibe. it's giving "I didn't want to type a pipe symbol at 2am" and honestly? valid. π
Please see xcowsay (6) for details. like, for real, go read that one too, she's the blueprint. π
π OPTIONS π
Same as xcowsay (6).
periodt. every single flag you know and love from xcowsay (6) works here, because the options are literally the same. no extra homework, no surprises, just vibes. π«Ά
lowkey important: I'm not gonna relist them all here because the manpage itself says the options are the same as xcowsay (6) β so go peek at that page for the full rundown, bestie. no cap.
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
xcowsay(6)
π BUGS π
There are no bugs.
I KNOW. not a single one. she's perfect, she's flawless, she woke up like this. βπ
π§ the cute sign-off π§
and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one comes to you from the Games Manual as xcowfortune(6) β that's the source and the version, right there in the footer, dated with all the love in the world. now go pipe a fortune into a cow and have the best day ever. πππΈ
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: xcowsay 1.6-1 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- debian trixie: xcowsay 1.6-1+b1 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: xcowsay 1.6-1 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: xcowsay 1.6-1build2 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: xcowsay 1.6-1build2
- ubuntu resolute: xcowsay 1.6-1build3 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: xcowsay 1.6-1build3 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms