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 ...]
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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 an 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 |
                ||     ||

cowthink works in the same way.

See also

• ddate
• Patriot Cow