cowsay, but with a cute kitty :3
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cargo install kittysaynix run nixpkgs#kittysay
kittysay <message>
# or through stdin
echo <message> | kittysayYou can customize the output colors for the message and cat each, using ANSI 256-bit colors:
kittysay --colors 2 5 <message>
echo <message> | kittysay --colors 2 5Or use kittysay with your favorite command-line applications:
fortune | kittysayYou can use the --width flag (-w for short) to change the width of the speech bubble. Defaults to 45, maxes out at a little less than the width of your terminal if you try to pass a very large number.
$ kittysay "meow mrrrow mrrrp nyaaa nya nyaaa meow meowwww nyaaa meowwww"
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/ meow mrrrow mrrrp nyaaa nya nyaaa meow \
\ meowwww nyaaa meowwww /
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$ kittysay "meow mrrrow mrrrp nyaaa nya nyaaa meow meowwww nyaaa meowwww" --width 1000
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< meow mrrrow mrrrp nyaaa nya nyaaa meow meowwww nyaaa meowwww >
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$ kittysay "meow mrrrow mrrrp nyaaa nya nyaaa meow meowwww nyaaa meowwww" --width 1
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/ meow \
| mrrrow |
| mrrrp |
| nyaaa |
| nya |
| nyaaa |
| meow |
| meowwww |
| nyaaa |
\ meowwww /
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You can use the --think flag (-t for short) to enable "think" mode, where the speech bubbles are replaced with thought bubbles (similar to the cowthink program).
$ kittysay --think ":3"
⏜⏜
( :3 )
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You can customize the output colors for the message and cat each, using ANSI 256-bit colors, with the --colors flag (-c for short). For example, for a blue message and a pink cat, use --colors 4 5.
To accurately draw the message box around the text, the width of tab characters must be considered. By default, widths are replaced with 4 spaces. To configure this, use the --tab-size flag. For example, to interpret tabs as two characters wide, --tabs-size 2.