cowsay (.NET)

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cowsay is a configurable talking cow, originally written in Perl by Tony Monroe

This project is a translation in C#/.NET of the original program. It includes both a library for easy integration into your own projects (for example a startup splashscreen for a CLI app) and a standalone CLI tool.

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The .cow files were manually copied from https://github.com/piuccio/cowsay.

Install

CLI Tool

dotnet tool install -g Cowsay.CLI

Or with .NET 10+ you can run it directly without installation:

dnx Cowsay.CLI "Hello, World!"

See the CLI documentation for usage instructions.

Library - With .NET DI

dotnet add package Cowsay
dotnet add package Cowsay.Extensions.DependencyInjection

Library - Without .NET DI

dotnet add package Cowsay

Library Usage

With .NET DI

services.AddCowsay();

public class MyClass
{
    private ICattleFarmer _cattleFarmer;

    public MyClass(ICattleFarmer cattleFarmer)
    {
       _cattleFarmer = cattleFarmer;
    }

    public async Task DoThing()
    {
       var myCow = await cattleFarmer.RearCowAsync("default");

       Console.WriteLine(myCow.Say("I was reared on dependency injection.");
    }
}

Output

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< I was reared on dependency injection. >
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Without .NET DI

var staticCow = await DefaultCattleFarmer.RearCowWithDefaults("default");

Console.WriteLine(staticCow.Say("I'm a static cow, no DI needed.", cowEyes: "xx"));

Output

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< I'm a static cow, no DI needed. >
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