Fun with OSX terminal’s “say”

So you own a Mac but not being a programmer or a command-line nerd, you probably have not even opened up the OSX terminal app. You don’t know Unix so why would you, really? I understand. But did you know about the “say” command? Anything you type in the terminal after the word “say” will be read out loud by your computer. Type in (leave out the quotation marks) “say andrew is awesome” and hit the return key. Nice, right? And such a good opportunity to annoy anyone in earshot. Jon sent me this one:

 

say -v Cellos Batman, Batman, na na na na na na na na na na, batman

 

The “-v” option chooses the “Cellos” voice which is especially good for the batman song. Hey, now you know Unix! Go update your resume.

 

p.s. the Terminal app also has a Tetris easter egg hidden in it.