Animated pipes terminal screensaver.
Screenshot of pipes.sh, click to watch a screencast on YouTube.
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- Bash 4+ since version 1.0.0.
If you want to install, you can run:
# make installBy default, it installs to /usr/local; for user home, you can run:
$ make PREFIX=$HOME/.local installOr any PREFIX you prefer.
The Makefile also provides uninstall target.
If you are a Homebrew user, you can install via:
$ brew install pipes-shSee pipes.sh(6) for a full list of options.
-t # |
Characters | Screenshots |
|---|---|---|
-t 0 |
┃┏ ┓┛━┓ ┗┃┛┗ ┏━ |
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-t 1 |
│╭ ╮╯─╮ ╰│╯╰ ╭─ |
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-t 2 |
│┌ ┐┘─┐ └│┘└ ┌─ |
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-t 3 |
║╔ ╗╝═╗ ╚║╝╚ ╔═ |
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-t 4 |
|+ ++-+ +|++ +- |
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-t 5 |
|/ \/-\ \|/\ /- |
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-t 6 |
.. .... .... .. |
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-t 7 |
.o oo.o o.oo o. |
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-t 8 |
-\ /\|/ /-\/ \|(railway)
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-t 9 |
╿┍ ┑┚╼┒ ┕╽┙┖ ┎╾(knobby)
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For example, -t cMAYFORCEBWITHYOU.
| 0 | background | 1 | red | 2 | green | 3 | yellow |
| 4 | blue | 5 | magenta | 6 | cyan | 7 | foreground |
Press any key to exit the program, except the following Shift + Key:
| Keys | Actions |
|---|---|
| P / O | Increase/decrease probability of straight pipes |
| F / D | Increase/decrease frame rate |
| B | Toggle bold effect |
| C | Toggle no colors |
| K | Toggle keeping pipe color and type when crossing edges |
(Read full history in pipes.sh(6))
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 2015, the MIT License was added and the Pipeseroni collective was formed to maintain pipes.sh.
Feel free to fork and/or create pull request following the guideline. If you're contributing, remember your changes will be released under the MIT license.
pipes.sh is licensed under the MIT License.