<s>
cowsay	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
program	O
that	O
generates	O
ASCII	O
art	O
pictures	O
of	O
a	O
cow	O
with	O
a	O
message	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
generate	O
pictures	O
using	O
pre-made	O
images	O
of	O
other	O
animals	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Tux	B-Application
the	I-Application
Penguin	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
mascot	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
.cow	B-Protocol
files	O
for	O
cowsay	B-Protocol
exist	O
which	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
produce	O
different	O
variants	O
of	O
"	O
cows	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
different	O
kinds	O
of	O
"	O
eyes	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
forth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
sometimes	O
used	O
on	O
IRC	B-Protocol
,	O
desktop	O
screenshots	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
software	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Unix	O
command	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
piped	B-Operating_System
into	O
the	O
command	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
parameter	O
followed	O
by	O
,	O
one	O
can	O
replace	O
the	O
cow	O
with	O
other	O
beings	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Tux	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
mascot	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Option	O
Purpose	O
-n	O
Disables	O
word	B-Algorithm
wrap	I-Algorithm
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
cow	O
to	O
speak	O
FIGlet	B-Protocol
or	O
to	O
display	O
other	O
embedded	O
ASCII	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
-d	O
“	O
Dead	O
”	O
,	O
uses	O
,	O
plus	O
a	O
descending	O
to	O
represent	O
an	O
extruded	O
tongue	O
,	O
also	O
used	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	I-Application
oops	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
-f	O
cowfile	O
Specifies	O
a	O
.cow	B-Protocol
file	O
from	O
which	O
to	O
load	O
alternative	O
ASCII	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
