# cowsay mode

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/cowsay-mode/11589>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 30, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cowsay-mode/11589 "2012-05-30T23:44:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cowsay-mode/11589/1 "2012-05-30T23:44:03Z")

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Hi everyone,

ansible-playbook (but not /usr/bin/ansible) now does the right thing if cowsay is installed.

I recommend everyone install it because it greatly improves the user experience.

--Michael

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**Author:** ![John\_Kleint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@John\_Kleint](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Kleint)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cowsay-mode/11589/2 "2012-05-31T18:08:30Z")

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**Author:** ![James8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@James8](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James8)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cowsay-mode/11589/3 "2012-08-16T16:17:30Z")

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I installed cowsay on OS X what does it do?

James

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cowsay-mode/11589/4 "2012-08-16T17:04:15Z")

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It’s probably in a weird path.

Symlink cowsay into /usr/bin/ and then run your playbooks.