🐮 cowsay.zsh

Zsh plugin that displays a joke with cowsay and lolcat every time you open a terminal.

📥 Installation

Using Zinit🌻

zinit depth"1" lucid nocd light-mode atload"joke" for phucleeuwu/cowsay.zsh 

Manual Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/phucleeuwu/cowsay.zsh.git ~/cowsay.zsh

2. Source the plugin in your .zshrc:

   source ~/cowsay.zsh/cowsay.plugin.zsh

3. Restart your terminal:

   source ~/.zshrc

🛠 Usage

Just open your terminal! The plugin will automatically display a joke every session If you don't want automatic display:

zinit depth"1" lucid nocd light-mode for phucleeuwu/cowsay.zsh 

You can also manually trigger it:

joke
# for cowsay

or:

dadjoke
# for cowthink

🔄 Automatic Joke Updates

This repository includes a GitHub Actions workflow to update jokes.txt daily. To update jokes, use git pull for git install Zinit update:

zinit update phucleeuwu/cowsay.zsh

Workflow Details:

• Fetches 100 new jokes from icanhazdadjoke.com
• Commits and pushes updates to jokes.txt
• Runs every day at midnight (UTC)

🚀 Customization

You can customize the joke behavior by modifying joke.plugin.zsh. Here’s what you can do:

• Change joke source: Modify the jokes_file path.
• Use a specific cowsay character: Replace ls with a fixed filename, e.g., cowsay -f dragon.

🐧 Dependencies

Ensure you have these installed:

• cowsay
• lolcat (optinal)
• ripgrep (rg)
• jq

Install them via Homebrew:

brew install cowsay lolcat ripgrep jq

📜 License

MIT License - Feel free to use and modify!

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Made with 🐮💬 by phucleeuwu