ꯗꯤꯅꯣꯁꯦ

dinosay

dinosay ꯑꯃ T. rex ꯇꯩꯕ ꯁꯤꯡꯗ ꯑꯃ
Developer(s)	ꯀꯃꯤꯌꯨꯅꯤꯇꯤ ꯄ꯭ꯔꯣꯖꯦꯛꯇꯪ
Initial release	2022
ꯗꯤꯅꯣꯁꯦ
ꯏꯔꯤꯕ	ꯄ꯭ꯌꯇꯣꯟ
ꯑꯣꯄ꯭ꯔꯦꯇꯤꯡ ꯁꯤꯁꯇꯦꯝ	ꯀ꯭ꯔꯣꯁꯄ꯭ꯂꯦꯇꯐꯥꯔꯝ
Available in	ꯑꯣꯡꯌꯦꯔꯤꯖ ꯂꯦꯡꯒꯨꯗꯤ
Type	ASCII ꯑꯥꯔꯠ, ꯇꯔꯃꯤꯅꯜ ꯌꯨꯇꯤꯜꯥꯇꯤ
License	MIT ꯂꯥꯏꯁꯦꯟꯁ, Artistic ꯂꯥꯏꯁꯦꯟꯁ, GNU GPL

dinosay ꯑꯃꯁꯤ ꯇ꯭ꯔꯝꯃꯤꯅꯜ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯇꯥꯝꯄ꯭ꯂꯦꯠ ꯂꯦꯁꯤ ꯃꯌꯥ ꯃꯌꯨ ꯃꯌꯦꯛꯇꯥ ꯑꯅꯤꯡ ASCII ꯑꯥꯔꯠ ꯗ ꯑꯃ ꯗꯤꯅꯣꯁꯥꯔ ꯊꯥꯏꯕꯥ ꯁꯤꯡꯗꯤ ꯃꯤꯑꯣꯅꯤꯛꯄ ꯁꯤꯡꯗ ꯑꯃ ꯍꯧꯅꯥ ꯃꯨꯝꯕꯥ ꯑꯃ ꯅꯨꯡꯁꯤ ꯑꯃ speech/thought bubble ꯁꯤꯟꯅꯤꯡ ꯇꯧꯁꯤꯟꯕ. .dino ꯇꯦꯝꯄ꯭ꯂꯦꯠ ꯂꯦꯁꯤ ꯃꯇꯝꯗꯥ ꯑꯃꯗꯥ ꯑꯃ ꯗꯤꯅꯣ ꯑꯣꯏꯔ ꯍꯥꯍꯤ ꯑꯃ ꯑꯃ customization ꯃꯌꯨꯡ ꯈꯝꯕꯤꯌꯨ।

ꯑꯁꯤ ꯑꯦꯁꯤꯟꯅꯤꯡ Python ꯑꯃ ꯂꯤꯛꯊꯤ ꯃꯇꯝꯕꯥ, Unix ꯅꯤꯡꯗꯤ ꯃꯤꯑꯣꯅ ꯂꯩꯅꯤꯡ ꯃꯇꯝ Windows ꯇꯔꯃꯤꯅꯜ ꯗ ꯁꯤꯡꯗ ꯂꯦꯡꯗꯕꯥ ꯂꯤ।

ꯇꯦꯝꯄ꯭ꯂꯦꯠ ꯑꯗꯨꯡ ꯑꯃ eyes (ꯑꯁꯤꯢ) ꯑꯗꯨꯡ tongue (ꯊꯤꯡꯕꯤ) ꯍꯥꯛꯅꯥ customization ꯇꯣꯛꯂꯤ ꯁꯤꯟꯅꯤꯡ ꯈꯝꯕꯤꯌꯨ। dinosay ꯑꯃꯁꯤ trex, bronto, raptor, stego ꯑꯃꯁꯤ ꯃꯥꯔꯤꯡ ꯗꯤꯅꯣ ꯂꯩꯁꯤꯟꯕꯤ।

ꯑꯃꯁꯤꯛ ꯁꯤꯡꯗ

$ echo "Roar ꯑꯃꯗꯥ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯍꯥꯛꯄ ꯃꯈꯥ ꯍꯪꯒꯤ ꯂꯥꯏꯕꯥ" | dinosay
 ________________________________________
/ Roar ꯑꯃꯗꯥ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯍꯥꯛꯄ ꯃꯈꯥ ꯍꯪꯒꯤ ꯂꯥꯏꯕꯥ \
 ----------------------------------------
        \   __
         \ / _)
     .-^^^-/ /
  __/       /
 <__.|_|-|_|
    (oo)   U

ꯑꯦꯁꯤ ꯂꯤꯛ ꯈꯝꯕ ꯃꯇꯝ

$ echo "Extinction ꯑꯃ ꯆꯥꯏꯅꯤꯡ ꯍꯥꯛꯂꯦ, Legend ꯑꯃ ꯈꯝꯅꯕꯥ" | dinosay -f bronto -t
 ___________________________________________
( Extinction ꯑꯃ ꯆꯥꯏꯅꯤꯡ ꯍꯥꯛꯂꯦ, Legend ꯑꯃ ꯈꯝꯅꯕꯥ )
 -------------------------------------------
         \
          \               .-=-==--==--.
           \            ..-=="  ,'o`)      `.
            \       ,'         `"'         \
             \     :  (                     `.__...._
              \    \  `._  ___              |       `-.
                   \    ||._-._/___________|__________\
                    \   || || ||___________|
                     \  || || ||
                      `-' `-' `-'
                         (..)   U

ꯂꯣꯏꯟ ꯃꯁꯤ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯇꯣꯛꯄ

$ echo "Linux ꯑꯃ ꯃꯈꯥ ꯂꯦꯡ ꯁꯤ ꯔꯨꯟ ꯂꯤ." | dinosay -f raptor
 _______________________________________
/ Linux ꯑꯃ ꯃꯈꯥ ꯂꯦꯡ ꯁꯤ ꯔꯨꯟ ꯂꯤ.      \
 ---------------------------------------
   \
    \
        .--.
       |oo |
       |:_/ |
      //   \ \
     (|     | )
    /'\_   _/`\
    \___)=(___/

ꯂꯦꯁꯤ ꯇꯦꯝꯄ꯭ꯂꯦꯠ ꯑꯃ ꯃꯊꯤꯛ ꯑꯃꯁꯤ

$ dinosay -l
/usr/share/dinosay/ascii ꯗꯥ ꯑꯗꯨꯡ ꯇꯦꯝꯄ꯭ꯂꯦꯠꯁ:
trex bronto raptor stego triceratops ptero alienrex ghostdino

ꯇꯝꯕꯥꯛ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯂꯦꯡꯒꯨ

ꯑꯣꯏꯔ	ꯑꯁꯤ ꯑꯦꯁꯤ ꯇꯣꯛꯂꯤ
-n	ꯁꯤꯟꯅꯤꯡ word wrap ꯑꯁꯤ ꯂꯤꯜꯂꯤ
-W	ꯑꯁꯤ bubble width (default = 40)
-t	ꯑꯃꯗꯥ thought bubble ꯇꯧꯁꯤꯡ
-f dino	.dino template ꯈꯝꯕꯤꯌꯨ
-l	ꯁꯤꯟꯅꯤꯡ templates ꯁꯤ ꯈꯝꯕꯤꯌꯨ
-e ^^	eyes symbol ꯂꯦꯡꯒꯨ
-T U	tongue symbol ꯂꯦꯡꯒꯨ
-b	Borg mode: eyes = ==
-d	Dead mode: eyes = XX, tongue = U
-g	Greedy mode: eyes = $$
-p	Paranoid mode: eyes = @@
-s	Stoned mode: eyes = **, tongue = U
-w	Wired mode: eyes = OO
-y	Youthful mode: eyes = ..

ꯌꯨꯝꯕ ꯑꯃꯁꯤ

• Sandra Henry-Stocker (2020). "Create your own cowsay messenger". Network World.
• c't Spaß mit Technik (2018): ASCII Projects for Beginners. ISBN: ꯇꯦꯝꯄ꯭ꯂꯦꯠ:Isbn.
• Sreenath (2023). "ASCII cows in Linux". It's FOSS.
• CLI Dino Fun Weekly (2025). "Rise of dinosay in terminals". Vol. 1, Issue 3.
• ASCII Enthusiast Journal (2025). "Open source ASCII tools in Python". Issue 42.