.\" -*-Nroff-*- .\" .TH "botsay" 1 "2 May 2026" "botsay" "User Commands" .SH NAME botsay \- a utility for outputting text with an ASCII art robot .SH SYNOPSIS .B botsay [\-i ID] [\-p] [\-c] [\-h] [\-\-version] [MESSAGE] .SH DESCRIPTION .B botsay generates an ASCII art robot with a speech bubble containing a message. If no message is provided as an argument, it reads from standard input. If no ID is provided, a random bot ID is used. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-i, \-\-id ID Specify a custom bot ID to use for generating the ASCII art. .TP .B \-p, \-\-print Print the bot's ID after generating the ASCII art. .TP .B \-c, \-\-color Enable rainbow mode (truecolor). .TP .B \-h, \-\-help Show a help message and exit. .TP .B \-\-version Print the version and exit. .SH EXAMPLES .B botsay 'Hello, world!' .PP .B echo "Hello from stdin" | botsay -c .SH AUTHOR .B botsay was written by Alexander F. Rødseth