#!/usr/bin/env bash echo "" COLUMNS=$(tput cols) line() { i=1 while [[ $i -le $COLUMNS ]]; do num= echo -en "\u258$(($RANDOM % 8 + 1))" i=$(($i + 1)) done } # print the text with gradient # awk -v columns=$COLUMNS -v s=$(line) \ # 'BEGIN{ # for (colnum = 0; colnum255) g = 510-g; # printf "\033[48;2;%d;%d;%dm", r,g,b; # printf "\033[38;2;%d;%d;%dm", 255-r,255-g,255-b; # printf "%s\033[0m", substr(s,colnum+1,1); # } # printf "\n"; # }' awk -v columns=$COLUMNS -v s=$(line) \ 'BEGIN{ for (colnum = 0; colnum255) g = 510-g; printf "\033[38;2;%d;%d;%dm", r,g,b; printf "%s\033[0m", substr(s,colnum+1,1); } printf "\n"; }'