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pipes.sh - animated pipes terminal screensaver

pipes.sh [OPTION]...

A bash script which draws randomly pathed pipes over the terminal. Generally used either as a functional screensaver or for amusement.

Number of pipes. (default is 1)
Determines the type of pipes to be drawn. Multiple arguments can be used. (default is 0)

Due to the manpage limitation, the following list describes types in text, please see README for actual Unicode characters and screenshots.

"BOX DRAWING HEAVY"
"BOX DRAWING LIGHT" and "BOX DRAWING LIGHT ARC"
"BOX DRAWING LIGHT"
"BOX DRAWING DOUBLE"
"|+ ++-+ +|++ +-"
"|/ \/-\ \|/\ /-"
".. .... .... .."
".o oo.o o.oo o."
"-\ /\|/ /-\/ \|" (railway)
"BOX DRAWING HEAVY AND LIGHT" (knobby)

Use custom type of pipes.

The following table describes the order of characters and what they represent. Four of the characters are not applicable as the pipes does not perform a 180-turn.

Going
1
Straight up
2
Up and going right
3
Not applicable (up and back down), use space
4
Up and going left
5
Right and going up
6
Stright right
7
Right and going down
8
Not applicable (right and back left), use space
9
Not applicable (down and back up), use space
10
Down and going right
11
Straight down
12
Down and going left
13
Left and going up
14
Not applicable (left and back right), use space
15
Left and going down
16
Straight left

Colors of pipes. Multiple arguments can be used. (default is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0)
Frame rate. (default is 75)
Probability of straight fitting. (default is 13)
Resets the drawing after [LIMIT] characters. If no limit is specified then it takes the value 0. (default is 2000)
Randomize starting position and direction.
No bold effect.
No color.
No change of colors and types when hitting screen edges.
Displays a help message.
Prints the version number.

Press any key to quit pipes.sh, except the following Shift + Key:

Increase/decrease probability of straight pipes
Increase/decrease frame rate
Toggle bold effect
Toggle no colors
Toggle keeping pipe color and type when crossing edges

pipes.sh was originally created by Matthew Simpson and posted to the Arch Linux Forums in early 2010. It was also later posted to Gist released in the public domain.

In early 2013, Yu-Jie Lin posted a modification of the script to Gist after reading about it on a blog. It was maintained on Gist independently for a period of a few months.

In 2014, the script was given its own GitHub repository as a project which encouraged contributions from other developers. As the project gained more popularity the decision was made to combine forces with developers of similar projects.

Finally in 2015, the MIT License was added and the Pipeseroni collective was formed (see LINKS below) to maintain the project.

Website

Repository

Please see current issues on issue tracker, and report any bugs or request feature you'd like.

Pipeseroni/pipes.sh contributors.

Copyright (c) 2010-2018 Pipeseroni/pipes.sh contributors.

pipes.sh is licensed under the MIT License, see LICENSE file.

25 Feb 2018 1.3.0