Cowsay: 19 years ago

Re:Cowsay: 19 years ago by LinuxBender on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @06:53AM (#18023271)

I used cowsay together with fortune-mod extensively!

Cowsay was also useful for getting someones attention in a "wall" message on systems. One-line, they miss. One cow, they never miss!

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Re:Cowsay: 19 years ago by Piskvorrr on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @07:25AM (#18023380)

And nobody misses an announcement if it's made with -f dragon

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Re:Cowsay: 19 years ago by LinuxBender on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @09:42AM (#18024101)

Indeed! Figlet is also useful in this case.

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