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Install Brew

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install fortune

brew search fortune

Install cowsay

brew search cowsay

Install lolcat

sudo gem install lolcat

Run fortune | cowsay | lolcat

fortune | cowsay | lolcat

ProbablyAarav commented Oct 11, 2024

For Debian based distros (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Kali, etc):```

sudo apt install fortune cowsay lolcat 
fortune | cowsay | lolcat

sudo apt install fortune
sudo apt install cowsay
sudo apt install lolcat
fortune | cowsay | lolcat

fun fact: you can make it so that it shows up whenever terminal is opened:

nano ~/.bashrc

sudo apt install micro
micro ~/.bashrc

I like micro because it has more conventional keyboard shortcuts
add to the bottom of .bashrc:

if [ -t 1 ]; then
  fortune | cowsay| lolcat
fi

peteee commented Mar 11, 2025

add an animation and change from cow to tux (or others -> try listing them all with command below):
fortune | cowsay -f tux | lolcat -a -d 5
list all cowsay characters:
for f in /usr/share/cowsay/cows/*; do cowsay -f "${f:23:-4}" "${f:23:-4}"; done