Fireworks from the Command Line
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
# vim: tabstop=4: shiftwidth=4: noexpandtab:
# kate: tab-width 4; indent-width 4; replace-tabs false;
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| happy4j.sh_.txt | 2.89 KB |
Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal and the Web Editor for linuxjournal.com.










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Comments
Thanks
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?
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
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 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 and the Web Editor for linuxjournal.com.
Thanks! Left my bash prompt
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
Add the following line to the end of the script.
That should reset the color.
Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal and the Web Editor for linuxjournal.com.
Retro ASCII Goodness
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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