| botsay(1) | User Commands | botsay(1) |
NAME
botsay - a utility for outputting text with an ASCII art robot
SYNOPSIS
botsay [-i ID] [-p] [-c] [-h] [--version] [MESSAGE]
DESCRIPTION
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.
OPTIONS
- -i, --id ID
- Specify a custom bot ID to use for generating the ASCII art.
- -p, --print
- Print the bot's ID after generating the ASCII art.
- -c, --color
- Enable rainbow mode (truecolor).
- -h, --help
- Show a help message and exit.
- --version
- Print the version and exit.
EXAMPLES
botsay 'Hello, world!'
echo Hello from stdin | botsay -c
AUTHOR
botsay was written by Alexander F. Rødseth <xyproto@archlinux.org>
| 2 May 2026 | botsay |