The Linux terminal is no one-trick pony | Linux Today

The Linux terminal is no one-trick pony

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Jason Baker
Dec 17, 2018

n a nutshell, ponysay is exactly that: a rewrite of cowsay that includes many full-color characters from My Little Pony, that you can use to output phrases at the Linux command line. It’s actually a really well-done project, that features over 400 characters and character combinations, and is incredibly well documented in a 78-page PDF covering full usage.

JB

Jason Baker

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