A cowfile for putting a ghost in your shell 👻

example.txt

$ cd ~
$ mkdir cows
$ curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/garbados/45085196020050b353396229258a4d58/raw/5c074f48cb4df1b33b3f1c0227fffc4eb05d1c2b/ghost.cow cows/ghost.cow
$ echo 'COWPATH=/usr/share/cowsay/cows:/home/$USER/cows' >> .bashrc
$ source .bashrc
$ alias ghostsay="cowsay -f ghost"
$ ghostsay 'in the shell'

______________
< in the shell >
 --------------
     \     .-.
      \  .'   `.
       \ :g g   :
        \: o    `.
        :         ``.
       :             `.
      :  :         .   `.
      :   :          ` . `.
       `.. :            `. ``;
          `:;             `:'
             :              `.
              `.              `.     .
                `'`'`'`---..,___`;.-'

ghost.cow

# art by Joan G. Stark, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Stark
$the_cow = <<"EOC";
     $thoughts     .-.
      $thoughts  .'   `.
       $thoughts :g g   :
        $thoughts: o    `.
        :         ``.
       :             `.
      :  :         .   `.
      :   :          ` . `.
       `.. :            `. ``;
          `:;             `:'
             :              `.
              `.              `.     .
                `'`'`'`---..,___`;.-'
EOC