$ cowsay "hey dude"
__________
< hey dude >
----------
\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| || $ cowsay "hey dude"
__________
< hey dude >
----------
\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||fortune | cowsay
And voilà, you have a little quote running in your cow friend whenever you open up your terminal.
Also: Does anyone have any more good fortune files? I only have the fortunes that came preinstalled on Ubuntu but would love to have more.