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cowsay is a program that generates ASCII pictures of a cow with a message. It can also generate pictures using pre-made images of other animals, such as Tux the Penguin, the Linux mascot.
What causes Linux to freeze?
Some of the common causes that cause freezing/hanging in Linux are either software or hardware related issues. They include; system resources exhaustion, application compatibility issues, under-performing hardware, slow networks, device/application configurations, and long-running un-interruptable computations.
How do you unfreeze a terminal?
The Unresponsive Terminal
- Press the RETURN key. …
- If you can type commands, but nothing happens when you press RETURN, try pressing LINE FEED or typing CTRL-J. …
- If your shell has job control (see Chapter 6), type CTRL-Z. …
- Use your interrupt key (found earlier in this chapter—typically DELETE or CTRL-C. …
- Type CTRL-Q.
