[Sat Feb 27 17:51:36 1038 /dev/pts/0 192.168.2.250 ~/sh]#cat matrix blue="\033[0;34m" brightblue="\033[1;34m" cyan="\033[0;36m" brightcyan="\033[1;36m" green="\033[0;32m" brightgreen="\033[1;32m" red="\033[0;31m" brightred="\033[1;31m" white="\033[1;37m" black="\033[0;30m" grey="\033[0;37m" darkgrey="\033[1;30m" colors=($blue $brightgreen $grey) spacing=${1:-100} scroll=${2:-0} screenlines=$(expr `tput lines` - 1 + $scroll) screencols=$(expr `tput cols` / 2 - 1) chars=(a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) count=${#chars[@]} colorcount=${#colors[@]} trap "tput sgr0; clear; exit" SIGTERM SIGINT if [[ $1 =~ "-h" ]] then echo "display a matrix screen in the terminal" echo "usage: matrix [SPACING [SCROLL]]" echo "example: matrix 100 0" exit 0 fi clear tput cup 0 0 while : do for i in $(eval echo {1..$screenlines}) do for i in $(eval echo {1..$screenlines}) do rand=$(($RANDOM%$spacing)) case $rand in 0) printf "${colors[$RANDOM%$colorcount]}${chars[$RANDOM%$count]} ";; 1) printf " ";; *) printf "\033[2C";; esac done printf "\n" done tput cup 0 0 done