Implement cowsay CLI tool to select animals and make them say things

Author: ike-agu

implement-cowsay/.gitignore

@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ env/
 
 # macOS Finder file (ignore if on Mac)
 .DS_Store
+name

implement-cowsay/cow.py

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+import argparse
 import cowsay
 
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    prog="cowsay",
+    description="program to make animal say things"
+)
 
+# to fetch animals names
+animals = cowsay.char_names
 
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--animal",
+    choices=animals,
+    help="Animals to be saying things.",
+    default="cow"
+)
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    "message",
+    nargs="+",
+    help="The message to say."
+)
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+# get the correct anima function by name
+animal_func = getattr(cowsay, args.animal)
+
+print(animal_func(" ".join(args.message)))