Fireworks from the Command Line
on July 2, 2009
To kick off the upcoming 4th of July celebrations we present the following bash script for your enjoyment.
If you'd rather not try to figure out what it does, watch the video.
Have a safe and Happy 4th of July!
#!/bin/bash
rows=$(tput lines)
cols=$(tput cols)
colors=(red green blue purple cyan yellow brown)
lock_file=
lock_file_base=/tmp/$(basename $0 .sh)
multiple=0
if [[ "$1" ]]; then
nsingle=$1
shift
else
nsingle=10
fi
if [[ "$1" ]]; then
nmultiple=$1
shift
if [[ $nmultiple -gt 8 ]]; then nmultiple=8; fi
else
nmultiple=6
fi
function colorstr()
{
local row=$1
local col=$2
local color=$3
local v
case "$color" in
red) v=31;;
green) v=34;;
blue) v=32;;
purple) v=35;;
cyan) v=36;;
yellow) v=33;;
brown) v=33;;
white) v=37;;
*) v=;;
esac
shift 3
if [[ $multiple -ne 0 ]]; then
touch $lock_file
while [[ $(ls $lock_file_base.* 2>/dev/null | head -n 1) != $lock_file ]]
do
sleep 0.05
done
fi
tput cup $row $col
echo -n -e "\e["$v"m"
set -f
echo -n $*
set +f
if [[ $multiple -ne 0 ]]; then
rm -f $lock_file
fi
}
function center_colorstr()
{
local row=$1
local color=$2
shift 2
local s="$*"
local slen=${#s}
colorstr $row $(((cols / 2) - (slen / 2))) $color "$s"
}
function fireworks()
{
local row=$((rows - 1))
local col=$(((RANDOM % (cols / 2)) + (cols / 4)))
local height=$((RANDOM % rows - 2))
local slant
local h
local color1=${colors[$((RANDOM % ${#colors[*]}))]}
local color2=${colors[$((RANDOM % ${#colors[*]}))]}
local color3=${colors[$((RANDOM % ${#colors[*]}))]}
while [[ $color1 == $color2 || $color1 == $color3 || $color2 == $color3 ]]
do
color2=${colors[$((RANDOM % ${#colors[*]}))]}
color3=${colors[$((RANDOM % ${#colors[*]}))]}
done
case $((RANDOM % 4)) in
0) slant=-2;;
1) slant=-1;;
2) slant=1;;
3) slant=2;;
esac
if [[ $height -gt 5 ]]; then
h=$height
while [[ $h -gt 0 ]]
do
colorstr $row $col $color1 '.'
let row--
if [[ $((col + slant)) -ge $((cols - 3)) || $((col + slant)) -le 2 ]]; then break; fi
let col+=slant
let h--
sleep 0.1
done
if [[ $((col + slant)) -lt $((cols - 3)) && $((col + slant)) -gt 2 ]]; then
h=$((height / 5))
while [[ $h -gt 0 ]]
do
colorstr $row $col $color2 '.'
let row++
if [[ $((col + slant)) -ge $((cols - 3)) || $((col + slant)) -le 2 ]]; then break; fi
let col+=slant
let h--
sleep 0.1
done
fi
colorstr $((row)) $((col - 1)) $color3 '***'
colorstr $((row - 1)) $((col)) $color3 '*'
colorstr $((row + 1)) $((col)) $color3 '*'
fi
}
for i in $(seq 1 $nsingle)
do
clear
fireworks
sleep 1
done
clear
pids=
for i in $(seq 1 $nmultiple)
do
let multiple++
lock_file=$lock_file_base.$i
fireworks &
pids="$pids $!"
done
trap "kill -9 $pids 2>/dev/null" EXIT
wait $pids
sleep 3
clear
center_colorstr $((rows / 2 - 1)) red "Hope you enjoyed the show!"
center_colorstr $((rows / 2 + 1)) red "Happy 4th of July"
center_colorstr $((rows / 2 + 3)) red "Your Friends at Linux Journal"
echo
sleep 5
clear
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