Cowponder
A simple terminal command that displays randomly selected philosophical thoughts from a cow
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( squeezing an ounce of meaning out of )
( this world )
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Installation
OSX [currently broken]
If you already have homebrew installed, just run
brew install maxcai314/cowponder/cowponder
Main homebrew repo: homebrew-cowponder
Debian
Install the .deb package by running the installer script
curl -fsSL https://max.xz.ax/cowponder/cowponder_debian_installer.sh | sudo bash
Alternatively, download the deb package file and install it manually using dpkg -i <cowponder_file>.deb
Windows
To install for powershell, run
Install-Module cowponder
If, upon running cowponder, you get an error saying running scripts is disabled on this system, run one of these:
# if you are running (or can run) powershell as administrator
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
# if you don't have administrator privileges
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
This allows scripts like cowponder to run if they are signed. learn more here. You can add the same -Scope option to the main install command as well if needed.
More installation options are availible in the Windows powershell gallery.
Powershell v6 or higher is recommended because lower versions do not use UTF-8 by default. If you use a lower version, some characters may look unusual.
Usage
# displays a thought
ponder
# displays a thought from a cow
cowponder
Dependencies
MacOS systems:
- cowsay
- python3
- homebrew
Debian systems:
- cowsay (auto installs if missing)
- python3 (auto installs if missing)
- dpkg
- apt
Windows systems:
- powershell (v6 or greater recommended for all characters to render properly, but not required)