pipes.sh

Animated pipes terminal screensaver.

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Contents

• Requirements
• Installation
• Options
  • -p [1-]
  • -t [#]
  • -t c[16 chars]
  • -f [20-100]
  • -s [5-15]
  • -r LIMIT
  • -R
  • -B
  • -C
  • -h
  • -v
• Controls
• Contribution

Requirements

• Bash 4+ since version 1.0.0.

Installation

If you want to install, you can run:

$ make install

By default, it installs to /usr/local; for user home, you can run:

$ make PREFIX=$HOME/.local install

Or any PREFIX you prefer.

The Makefile also provides uninstall target.

If you are a Homebrew user, you can install via:

$ brew install pipes-sh

Options

-p [1-]

Number of pipes (D=1).

-t [#]

Type of pipes, can be used more than once (D=0).

-t #	Characters
-t 0	┃┏ ┓┛━┓ ┗┃┛┗ ┏━
-t 1	│╭ ╮╯─╮ ╰│╯╰ ╭─
-t 2	│┌ ┐┘─┐ └│┘└ ┌─
-t 3	║╔ ╗╝═╗ ╚║╝╚ ╔═
-t 4	|+ ++-+ +|++ +-
-t 5	|/ \/-\ \|/\ /-
-t 6	.. .... .... ..
-t 7	.o oo.o o.oo o.
-t 8	-\ /\|/ /-\/ \|

-t c[16 chars]

Custom pipe, for example: -t cMAYFORCEBWITHYOU.

-f [20-100]

Framerate (D=75).

-s [5-15]

Probability of a straight fitting (D=13).

-r LIMIT

Reset after x characters, 0 if no limit (D=2000).

-R

Random starting point.

-B

No bold effect.

-C

No color.

-h

Help message.

-v

Print version number.

Controls

Press any key to exit the program.

Contribution

Feel free to fork and/or create pull request. If you're contributing, remember your changes will be released under the MIT license.