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Fireworks from the Command Line

Jul 02, 2009 By Mitch Frazier (/users/mitch-frazier)
in

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 (/video/celebrate-4th-
july-command-line) .

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
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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 ]
let col+=slant
let h--
sleep 0.1
done

if [[ $((col + slant)) -lt $((cols - 3)) && $((col + slant)) -gt 2 ]]; t

h=$((height / 5))

while [[ $h -gt 0 ]]
do
colorstr $row $col $color2 '.'
let row++
if [[ $((col + slant)) -ge $((cols - 3)) || $((col + slant)) -le
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

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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

# vim: tabstop=4: shiftwidth=4: noexpandtab:

# kate: tab-width 4; indent-width 4; replace-tabs false;

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Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.

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Thanks (/content/fireworks-command-line#comment-339256)
Submitted by JimmyK (not verified) on Sun, 07/05/2009 - 11:32.

Thanks! A tip o' the hat to ye </:-0 . This inspired me to get back to learning bashscripts at
bashscripts.org. I've been neglecting my mind and forgot how to even run a script :-( JimmyK

Syntax error? (/content/fireworks-command-line#comment-339209)

Submitted by Technoslick (not verified) on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 11:31.

Copied/pasted script text to new file as well as tired saving/renaming article link for script text
to new file. When run:

happy4j.sh: 5: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

???

Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty

Not Bash (/content/fireworks-command-line#comment-339210)

Submitted by Mitch Frazier (/users/mitch-frazier) on Fri, 07/03/2009 -
12:09.

At some point Ubuntu stopped making bash the default shell and
changed to dash, so if you run the script via "sh happy4j.sh" you
end up running it with dash rather than bash. Run it via "bash (/users/mitch-frazier)
happy4j.sh" or make it executable with "chmod +x happy4j.sh" and then run it directly via
"./happy4j.sh".

I'm not an Ubuntu user so I tend to assume that sh == bash... I probably should stop doing that.

So you may be wondering "what's the value of the shebang (#!) at the top of a script if it doesn't
work with all shells?" Well, the answer is that the shebang is not understood by shells: it's
understood by the O/S itself. That's why making the script executable and running it directly
works.

When the O/S (Linux) opens an executable file (something that has the x bit set) it reads the first
two bytes and checks to see if they are equal to "#!". If they are equal, the O/S then executes the
program specified in the remainder of the first line rather than the original file and passes the
original file name to it as an argument.

Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.

Thanks! Left my bash prompt (/content/fireworks-command-line#comment-339200)

Submitted by Jon Brett (not verified) on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 02:55.

Thanks!

Left my bash prompt a red colour after the show - or maybe that's just my eyes having been
dazzled ;)

Reset Color on Exit (/content/fireworks-command-line#comment-339211)

Submitted by Mitch Frazier (/users/mitch-frazier) on Fri, 07/03/2009 -
12:21.

Add the following line to the end of the script.

echo -n -e "\e[m" (/users/mitch-frazier)

That should reset the color.

Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.

Retro ASCII Goodness (/content/fireworks-command-line#comment-339171)

Submitted by Tony Miller (http://www.carolinamantis.com) (not verified) on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 12:27.

Ahhh, this brings back memories of getting the latest computer mag in the 80s, typing in the
listing, and hoping for the best. Now, though, I can copy and paste from a web browser into
vim, save, chmod, and sit back and enjoy the show.

Very nice old skool display. Thanks!

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