https://github.com/muhammadmuzzammil1998/catsay
A program that generates pictures of a cat holding a sign with a message.
https://github.com/muhammadmuzzammil1998/catsay
ascii-art cats cli cross-platform golang
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A program that generates pictures of a cat holding a sign with a message.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/muhammadmuzzammil1998/catsay
- Owner: muhammadmuzzammil1998
- License: mit
- Created: 2018-08-31T18:45:47.000Z (about 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2019-04-05T21:29:20.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-11-07T03:42:56.475Z (11 months ago)
- Topics: ascii-art, cats, cli, cross-platform, golang
- Language: Go
- Homepage:
- Size: 575 KB
- Stars: 99
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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**catsay** is a program that generates pictures of a cat holding a sign with a message.
## Build
Requires [git](https://git-scm.com/download/win) to clone and [Go](https://golang.org/dl/) to build.
```bash
$ git clone https://github.com/muhammadmuzzammil1998/catsay.git
$ cd catsay
$ go get -d
$ go build
```
## Installation
Follow the guide on the [releases](https://github.com/muhammadmuzzammil1998/catsay/releases) page for detailed instructions.
### Linux
Download `.deb` file for catsay from the [releases](https://github.com/muhammadmuzzammil1998/catsay/releases) page.
```bash
$ wget https://github.com/muhammadmuzzammil1998/catsay/releases/download/{version}/catsay-linux-{amd64/386}.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i catsay-linux-{amd64/386}.deb
```
### Windows
Start PowerShell as an admin
```ps
$ Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/muhammadmuzzammil1998/catsay/releases/download/{version}/catsay-windows-{amd64/386}.exe -OutFile catsay.exe
$ mv .\catsay.exe C:\Windows\catsay.exe
```
### Other OSs
You can download the [binary already built](https://github.com/muhammadmuzzammil1998/catsay/releases) for your system or [build it yourself](https://github.com/muhammadmuzzammil1998/catsay#build).
### NOTE: This should be obvious but still:
- Adapt `{version}` number. Check version number from [here](https://github.com/muhammadmuzzammil1998/catsay/releases).
- Choose your architecture, `amd64` for 64 bit and `386` for 32 bit systems.
## Usage
Pipe the data you want your cat to say.
### Examples
## Seeing blocks instead of eyes, nose, or hand?
This is probably because your terminal doesn't support those characters. lulz.
Try `catsay -ascii` to use ASCII-only characters.
## Help
## Uninstall
### Linux
```bash
$ sudo dpkg --remove catsay
```
### Windows
Start PowerShell as an admin
```ps
$ del C:\Windows\catsay.exe
```
## Contributors
- **[@mattn](https://github.com/mattn)** - Fixed width for multi-byte strings *([#14](https://github.com/muhammadmuzzammil1998/catsay/pull/14))*