# cowsay
> Generate ASCII art of a cow with a speech bubble message

## Summary
Generate ASCII art cow (or other characters) with a speech bubble message

## Capabilities
- Display messages in ASCII art speech bubbles
- Support many alternative character files
- Pipe text from other commands

## When to Use
- You want fun ASCII art messages in the terminal
- You want to add humor to MOTD or scripts

## Related Tools
- [cowthink](/tools/cowthink) (complementary)
- [fortune](/tools/fortune) (complementary)
- [figlet](/tools/figlet) (complementary)

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Source: https://littlescripts.sh/tools/cowsay
