---
name: "cobe"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python-cobe"
version: "2.1.2-1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cobe"
---

# cobe(1)

Markov chain based text generator library and chatbot

## NAME

cobe - Markov chain based text generator library and chatbot

## SYNOPSIS

**cobe** \[*-h*\] \[*-b BRAIN*\] \[*--instatrace FILE*\] *command*

## DESCRIPTION

cobe is a Markov chain based text generator, it uses Markov modeling to generate text responses after learning from input text. cobe use an on-disk data store (brain database) for low memory usage. The cobe command line tool can be used for interacting with a brain database.

### OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show the help message and exit.

- **-b** BRAIN, **--brain** BRAIN

  Use BRAIN as brain database.

- **--instatrace** FILE

  Log performance statistics to FILE.

### COMMANDS

- **console**

  Start an interactive console.

- **init**

  Initialize a new brain.

- **irc-client**

  Start an IRC client.

- **learn**

  Learn a file of text.

- **learn-irc-log**

  Learn a file of IRC log text.

- **set-stemmer**

  Configure a stemmer.

- **del-stemmer**

  Delete the stemmer.

Run \`cobe command -h' to access the built-in documentation of each command.

## AUTHOR

Peter Teichman \<peter@teichman.org\>

This manual page was written by Daniele Tricoli \<eriol@mornie.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).