% cowsay -f default "cowsay -f default"
 ___________________
< cowsay -f default >
 -------------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

% cowthink -f default "cowthink -f default"
 _____________________
( cowthink -f default )
 ---------------------
        o   ^__^
         o  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

% apply 'cowsay -"%1" "cowsay -%1"' b d g p s t w y 'e^^' 'e><' 'T##' 'T&&' 'T~~'
 ___________
< cowsay -b >
 -----------
        \   ^__^
         \  (==)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||
 ___________
< cowsay -d >
 -----------
        \   ^__^
         \  (xx)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
             U  ||----w |
                ||     ||
 ___________
< cowsay -g >
 -----------
        \   ^__^
         \  ($$)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||
 ___________
< cowsay -p >
 -----------
        \   ^__^
         \  (@@)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||
 ___________
< cowsay -s >
 -----------
        \   ^__^
         \  (**)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
             U  ||----w |
                ||     ||
 ___________
< cowsay -t >
 -----------
        \   ^__^
         \  (--)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||
 ___________
< cowsay -w >
 -----------
        \   ^__^
         \  (OO)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||
 ___________
< cowsay -y >
 -----------
        \   ^__^
         \  (..)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||
 _____________
< cowsay -e^^ >
 -------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (^^)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||
 _____________
< cowsay -e>< >
 -------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (><)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||
 _____________
< cowsay -T## >
 -------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
             ## ||----w |
                ||     ||
 _____________
< cowsay -T&& >
 -------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
             && ||----w |
                ||     ||
 _____________
< cowsay -T~~ >
 -------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
             ~~ ||----w |
                ||     ||

% for i in /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/*.cow; do cowsay -W56 -f$i "$i"; done
 _____________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/beavis.zen.cow >
 ---------------------------------------------
   \         __------~~-,
    \      ,'            ,
          /               \
         /                :
        |                  '
        |                  |
        |                  |
         |   _--           |
         _| =-.     .-.   ||
         o|/o/       _.   |
         /  ~          \ |
       (____@)  ___~    |
          |_===~~~.`    |
       _______.--~     |
       \________       |
                \      |
              __/-___-- -__
             /            _ \
 _______________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/bong.cow >
 ---------------------------------------
         \
          \
            ^__^
    _______/(oo)
/\/(       /(__)
   | W----|| |~|
   ||     || |~|  ~~
             |~|  ~
             |_| o
             |#|/
            _+#+_
 ____________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/bud-frogs.cow >
 --------------------------------------------
     \
      \
          oO)-.                       .-(Oo
         /__  _\                     /_  __\
         \  \(  |     ()~()         |  )/  /
          \__|\ |    (-___-)        | /|__/
          '  '--'    ==`-'==        '--'  '
 ________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/bunny.cow >
 ----------------------------------------
  \
   \   \
        \ /\
        ( )
      .( o ).
 _________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/cheese.cow >
 -----------------------------------------
   \
    \
      _____   _________
     /     \_/         |
    |                 ||
    |                 ||
   |    ###\  /###   | |
   |     0  \/  0    | |
  /|                 | |
 / |        <        |\ \
| /|                 | | |
| |     \_______/   |  | |
| |                 | / /
/||                 /|||
   ----------------|
        | |    | |
        ***    ***
       /___\  /___\
 ________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/cower.cow >
 ----------------------------------------
     \
      \
        ,__, |    |
        (oo)\|    |___
        (__)\|    |   )\_
             |    |_w |  \
             |    |  ||   *

             Cower....
 _________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/daemon.cow >
 -----------------------------------------
   \         ,        ,
    \       /(        )`
     \      \ \___   / |
            /- _  `-/  '
           (/\/ \ \   /\
           / /   | `    \
           O O   ) /    |
           `-^--'`<     '
          (_.)  _  )   /
           `.___/`    /
             `-----' /
<----.     __ / __   \
<----|====O)))==) \) /====
<----'    `--' `.__,' \
             |        |
              \       /
        ______( (_  / \______
      ,'  ,-----'   |        \
      `--{__________)        \/
 __________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/default.cow >
 ------------------------------------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||
 _________________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/dragon-and-cow.cow >
 -------------------------------------------------
                       \                    ^    /^
                        \                  / \  // \
                         \   |\___/|      /   \//  .\
                          \  /O  O  \__  /    //  | \ \           *----*
                            /     /  \/_/    //   |  \  \          \   |
                            @___@`    \/_   //    |   \   \         \/\ \
                           0/0/|       \/_ //     |    \    \         \  \
                       0/0/0/0/|        \///      |     \     \       |  |
                    0/0/0/0/0/_|_ /   (  //       |      \     _\     |  /
                 0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/  ) ; -.    |    _ _\.-~       /   /
                             ,-}        _      *-.|.-~-.           .~    ~
            \     \__/        `/\      /                 ~-. _ .-~      /
             \____(oo)           *.   }            {                   /
             (    (--)          .----~-.\        \-`                 .~
             //__\\  \__ Ack!   ///.----..<        \             _ -~
            //    \\               ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~
 _________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/dragon.cow >
 -----------------------------------------
      \                    / \  //\
       \    |\___/|      /   \//  \\
            /0  0  \__  /    //  | \ \
           /     /  \/_/    //   |  \  \
           @_^_@'/   \/_   //    |   \   \
           //_^_/     \/_ //     |    \    \
        ( //) |        \///      |     \     \
      ( / /) _|_ /   )  //       |      \     _\
    ( // /) '/,_ _ _/  ( ; -.    |    _ _\.-~        .-~~~^-.
  (( / / )) ,-{        _      `-.|.-~-.           .~         `.
 (( // / ))  '/\      /                 ~-. _ .-~      .-~^-.  \
 (( /// ))      `.   {            }                   /      \  \
  (( / ))     .----~-.\        \-'                 .~         \  `. \^-.
             ///.----..>        \             _ -~             `.  ^-`  ^-_
               ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~                     ~-- ,.-~
                                                                  /.-~
 ____________________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/elephant-in-snake.cow >
 ----------------------------------------------------
   \
    \              ....
           ........    .
          .            .
         .             .
.........              .......
..............................

Elephant inside ASCII snake
 ___________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/elephant.cow >
 -------------------------------------------
 \     /\  ___  /\
  \   // \/   \/ \\
     ((    O O    ))
      \\ /     \ //
       \/  | |  \/
        |  | |  |
        |  | |  |
        |   o   |
        | |   | |
        |m|   |m|
 _______________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/eyes.cow >
 ---------------------------------------
    \
     \
                                   .::!!!!!!!:.
  .!!!!!:.                        .:!!!!!!!!!!!!
  ~~~~!!!!!!.                 .:!!!!!!!!!UWWW$$$
      :$$NWX!!:           .:!!!!!!XUWW$$$$$$$$$P
      $$$$$##WX!:      .<!!!!UW$$$$"  $$$$$$$$#
      $$$$$  $$$UX   :!!UW$$$$$$$$$   4$$$$$*
      ^$$$B  $$$$\     $$$$$$$$$$$$   d$$R"
        "*$bd$$$$      '*$$$$$$$$$$$o+#"
             """"          """""""
 ________________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/flaming-sheep.cow >
 ------------------------------------------------
  \            .    .     .
   \      .  . .     `  ,
    \    .; .  : .' :  :  : .
     \   i..`: i` i.i.,i  i .
      \   `,--.|i |i|ii|ii|i:
           UooU\.'@@@@@@`.||'
           \__/(@@@@@@@@@@)'
                (@@@@@@@@)
                `YY~~~~YY'
                 ||    ||
 _______________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/ghostbusters.cow >
 -----------------------------------------------
          \
           \
            \          __---__
                    _-       /--______
               __--( /     \ )XXXXXXXXXXX\v.
             .-XXX(   O   O  )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
            /XXX(       U     )        XXXXXXX\
          /XXXXX(              )--_  XXXXXXXXXXX\
         /XXXXX/ (      O     )   XXXXXX   \XXXXX\
         XXXXX/   /            XXXXXX   \__ \XXXXX
         XXXXXX__/          XXXXXX         \__---->
 ---___  XXX__/          XXXXXX      \__         /
   \-  --__/   ___/\  XXXXXX            /  ___--/=
    \-\    ___/    XXXXXX              '--- XXXXXX
       \-\/XXX\ XXXXXX                      /XXXXX
         \XXXXXXXXX   \                    /XXXXX/
          \XXXXXX      >                 _/XXXXX/
            \XXXXX--__/              __-- XXXX/
             -XXXXXXXX---------------  XXXXXX-
                \XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
                  ""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
 __________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/head-in.cow >
 ------------------------------------------
    \
     \
    ^__^         /
    (oo)\_______/  _________
    (__)\       )=(  ____|_ \_____
        ||----w |  \ \     \_____ |
        ||     ||   ||           ||
 _____________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/hellokitty.cow >
 ---------------------------------------------
  \
   \
      /\_)o<
     |      \
     | O . O|
      \_____/
 _______________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/kiss.cow >
 ---------------------------------------
     \
      \
             ,;;;;;;;,
            ;;;;;;;;;;;,
           ;;;;;'_____;'
           ;;;(/))))|((\
           _;;((((((|))))
          / |_\\\\\\\\\\\\
     .--~(  \ ~))))))))))))
    /     \  `\-(((((((((((\\
    |    | `\   ) |\       /|)
     |    |  `. _/  \_____/ |
      |    , `\~            /
       |    \  \           /
      | `.   `\|          /
      |   ~-   `\        /
       \____~._/~ -_,   (\
        |-----|\   \    ';;
       |      | :;;;'     \
      |  /    |            |
      |       |            |
 ________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/kitty.cow >
 ----------------------------------------
     \
      \
       ("`-'  '-/") .___..--' ' "`-._
         ` *_ *  )    `-.   (      ) .`-.__. `)
         (_Y_.) ' ._   )   `._` ;  `` -. .-'
      _.. `--'_..-_/   /--' _ .' ,4
   ( i l ),-''  ( l i),'  ( ( ! .-'
 ________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/koala.cow >
 ----------------------------------------
  \
   \
       ___
     {~._.~}
      ( Y )
     ()~*~()
     (_)-(_)
 _______________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/kosh.cow >
 ---------------------------------------
    \
     \
      \
  ___       _____     ___
 /   \     /    /|   /   \
|     |   /    / |  |     |
|     |  /____/  |  |     |
|     |  |    |  |  |     |
|     |  | {} | /   |     |
|     |  |____|/    |     |
|     |    |==|     |     |
|      \___________/      |
|                         |
|                         |
 _____________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/luke-koala.cow >
 ---------------------------------------------
  \
   \          .
       ___   //
     {~._.~}//
      ( Y )K/
     ()~*~()
     (_)-(_)
     Luke
     Sywalker
     koala
 _______________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/meow.cow >
 ---------------------------------------
  \
   \ ,   _ ___.--'''`--''//-,-_--_.
      \`"' ` || \\ \ \\/ / // / ,-\\`,_
     /'`  \ \ || Y  | \|/ / // / - |__ `-,
    /@"\  ` \ `\ |  | ||/ // | \/  \  `-._`-,_.,
   /  _.-. `.-\,___/\ _/|_/_\_\/|_/ |     `-._._)
   `-'``/  /  |  // \__/\__  /  \__/ \
        `-'  /-\/  | -|   \__ \   |-' |
          __/\ / _/ \/ __,-'   ) ,' _|'
         (((__/(((_.' ((___..-'((__,'
 _______________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/milk.cow >
 ---------------------------------------
 \     ____________
  \    |__________|
      /           /\
     /           /  \
    /___________/___/|
    |          |     |
    |  ==\ /== |     |
    |   O   O  | \ \ |
    |     <    |  \ \|
   /|          |   \ \
  / |  \_____/ |   / /
 / /|          |  / /|
/||\|          | /||\/
    -------------|
        | |    | |
       <__/    \__>
 __________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/moofasa.cow >
 ------------------------------------------
       \    ____
        \  /    \
          | ^__^ |
          | (oo) |______
          | (__) |      )\/\
           \____/|----w |
                ||     ||

                 Moofasa
 ________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/moose.cow >
 ----------------------------------------
  \
   \   \_\_    _/_/
    \      \__/
           (oo)\_______
           (__)\       )\/\
               ||----w |
               ||     ||
 ____________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/mutilated.cow >
 --------------------------------------------
       \   \_______
 v__v   \  \   O   )
 (oo)      ||----w |
 (__)      ||     ||  \/\

 ______________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/ren.cow >
 --------------------------------------
   \
    \
    ____
   /# /_\_
  |  |/o\o\
  |  \\_/_/
 / |_   |
|  ||\_ ~|
|  ||| \/
|  |||_
 \//  |
  ||  |
  ||_  \
  \_|  o|
  /\___/
 /  ||||__
    (___)_)
 __________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/satanic.cow >
 ------------------------------------------
     \
      \  (__)
         (\/)
  /-------\/
 / | 666 ||
*  ||----||
   ~~    ~~
 ________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/sheep.cow >
 ----------------------------------------
  \
   \
       __
      UooU\.'@@@@@@`.
      \__/(@@@@@@@@@@)
           (@@@@@@@@)
           `YY~~~~YY'
            ||    ||
 ___________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/skeleton.cow >
 -------------------------------------------
          \      (__)
           \     /oo|
            \   (_"_)*+++++++++*
                   //I#\\\\\\\\I\
                   I[I|I|||||I I `
                   I`I'///'' I I
                   I I       I I
                   ~ ~       ~ ~
                     Scowleton
 ________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/small.cow >
 ----------------------------------------
       \   ,__,
        \  (oo)____
           (__)    )\
              ||--|| *
 ____________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/sodomized.cow >
 --------------------------------------------
      \                _
       \              (_)
        \   ^__^       / \
         \  (oo)\_____/_\ \
            (__)\       ) /
                ||----w ((
                ||     ||>>
 ______________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/stegosaurus.cow >
 ----------------------------------------------
\                             .       .
 \                           / `.   .' "
  \                  .---.  <    > <    >  .---.
   \                 |    \  \ - ~ ~ - /  /    |
         _____          ..-~             ~-..-~
        |     |   \~~~\.'                    `./~~~/
       ---------   \__/                        \__/
      .'  O    \     /               /       \  "
     (_____,    `._.'               |         }  \/~~~/
      `----.          /       }     |        /    \__/
            `-.      |       /      |       /      `. ,~~|
                ~-.__|      /_ - ~ ^|      /- _      `..-'
                     |     /        |     /     ~-.     `-. _  _  _
                     |_____|        |_____|         ~ - . _ _ _ _ _>
 _________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/stimpy.cow >
 -----------------------------------------
  \     .    _  .
   \    |\_|/__/|
       / / \/ \  \
      /__|O||O|__ \
     |/_ \_/\_/ _\ |
     | | (____) | ||
     \/\___/\__/  //
     (_/         ||
      |          ||
      |          ||\
       \        //_/
        \______//
       __ || __||
      (____(____)
 ______________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/supermilker.cow >
 ----------------------------------------------
  \   ^__^
   \  (oo)\_______        ________
      (__)\       )\/\    |Super |
          ||----W |       |Milker|
          ||    UDDDDDDDDD|______|
 __________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/surgery.cow >
 ------------------------------------------
          \           \  /
           \           \/
               (__)    /\
               (oo)   O  O
               _\/_   //
         *    (    ) //
          \  (\\    //
           \(  \\    )
            (   \\   )   /\
  ___[\______/^^^^^^^\__/) o-)__
 |\__[=======______//________)__\
 \|_______________//____________|
     |||      || //||     |||
     |||      || @.||     |||
      ||      \/  .\/      ||
                 . .
                '.'.`

            COW-OPERATION
 ____________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/telebears.cow >
 --------------------------------------------
      \                _
       \              (_)   <-- TeleBEARS
        \   ^__^       / \
         \  (oo)\_____/_\ \
            (__)\  you  ) /
                ||----w ((
                ||     ||>>
 _____________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/three-eyes.cow >
 ---------------------------------------------
        \  ^___^
         \ (ooo)\_______
           (___)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||
 _________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/turkey.cow >
 -----------------------------------------
  \                                  ,+*^^*+___+++_
   \                           ,*^^^^              )
    \                       _+*                     ^**+_
     \                    +^       _ _++*+_+++_,         )
              _+^^*+_    (     ,+*^ ^          \+_        )
             {       )  (    ,(    ,_+--+--,      ^)      ^\
            { (@)    } f   ,(  ,+-^ __*_*_  ^^\_   ^\       )
           {:;-/    (_+*-+^^^^^+*+*<_ _++_)_    )    )      /
          ( /  (    (        ,___    ^*+_+* )   <    <      \
           U _/     )    *--<  ) ^\-----++__)   )    )       )
            (      )  _(^)^^))  )  )\^^^^^))^*+/    /       /
          (      /  (_))_^)) )  )  ))^^^^^))^^^)__/     +^^
         (     ,/    (^))^))  )  ) ))^^^^^^^))^^)       _)
          *+__+*       (_))^)  ) ) ))^^^^^^))^^^^^)____*^
          \             \_)^)_)) ))^^^^^^^^^^))^^^^)
           (_             ^\__^^^^^^^^^^^^))^^^^^^^)
             ^\___            ^\__^^^^^^))^^^^^^^^)\\
                  ^^^^^\uuu/^^\uuu/^^^^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\
                     ___) >____) >___   ^\_\_\_\_\_\_\)
                    ^^^//\\_^^//\\_^       ^(\_\_\_\)
                      ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^
 _________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/turtle.cow >
 -----------------------------------------
    \                                  ___-------___
     \                             _-~~             ~~-_
      \                         _-~                    /~-_
             /^\__/^\         /~  \                   /    \
           /|  O|| O|        /      \_______________/        \
          | |___||__|      /       /                \          \
          |          \    /      /                    \          \
          |   (_______) /______/                        \_________ \
          |         / /         \                      /            \
           \         \^\\         \                  /               \     /
             \         ||           \______________/      _-_       //\__//
               \       ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~   ~\    || __/
                 ~-----||====/~     |==================|       |/~~~~~
                  (_(__/  ./     /                    \_\      \.
                         (_(___/                         \_____)_)
 ______________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/tux.cow >
 --------------------------------------
   \
    \
        .--.
       |o_o |
       |:_/ |
      //   \ \
     (|     | )
    /'\_   _/`\
    \___)=(___/

 ________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/udder.cow >
 ----------------------------------------
  \
   \    (__)
        o o\
       ('') \---------
          \           \
           |          |\
           ||---(  )_|| *
           ||    UU  ||
           ==        ==
 ______________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/vader-koala.cow >
 ----------------------------------------------
   \
    \        .
     .---.  //
    Y|o o|Y//
   /_(i=i)K/
   ~()~*~()~
    (_)-(_)

     Darth
     Vader
     koala
 ________________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/vader.cow >
 ----------------------------------------
        \    ,-^-.
         \   !oYo!
          \ /./=\.\______
               ##        )\/\
                ||-----w||
                ||      ||

               Cowth Vader
 ______________________________________
< /opt/local/share/cowsay/cows/www.cow >
 --------------------------------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||--WWW |
                ||     ||