Super Cow

apt-get

apt-get --help

apt 0.7.20.2ubuntu6 for amd64 compiled on Apr 17 2009 04:25:25 Usage: apt-get [options] command apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...] apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...] . . . See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual pages for more information and options. This APT has Super Cow Powers.

If your APT has super cow powers you can then type apt-get moo to get the following easter egg,

(__) (oo) /------\/ / | || * /\---/\ ~~ ~~ ...."Have you mooed today?"...

aptitude

aptitude moo

There are no Easter Eggs in this program.

aptitude -v moo

There really are no Easter Eggs in this program.

aptitude -vv moo

Didn't I already tell you that there are no Easter Eggs in this program?

aptitude -vvv moo

Stop it!

aptitude -vvvv moo

Okay, okay, if I give you an Easter Egg, will you go away?

aptitude -vvvvv moo

All right, you win. /----\ -------/ \ / \ / | -----------------/ --------\ ----------------------------------------------

aptitude -vvvvvv moo

What is it? It's an elephant being eaten by a snake, of course.

cowsay

The super cow seems to be inspired by or a variant of cowsay a cute command line utility that takes some text and draws and ASCII cow with a speech bubble containing your text. You can also add switches which do interesting things. Eg

cowsay -s Good shit ___________ < Good shit > ----------- \ ^__^ \ (**)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ U ||----w | || ||