From 615a322641555674fbb61fc6ce42da838cf2f6d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Chambers <uplime@spookyinternet.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2022 23:24:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Zig some zags

---
 bash/zigzag | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 bash/zigzag

diff --git a/bash/zigzag b/bash/zigzag
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7a2588b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash/zigzag
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+zig_len=7 zag_len=20 zog_len=50
+offset=$(( zag_len - zig_len ))
+
+for (( idx = 0; idx < zig_len; idx += 1 )); do
+  zigs+=*
+done
+
+for (( idx = 0; idx < zog_len; idx += 1 )); do
+  printf '%*s%s\n' "$offset" "" "$zigs"
+
+  if (( (offset + zig_len) == zag_len )); then
+    dir=left
+  elif (( offset == 0 )); then
+    dir=right
+  fi
+
+  if [[ $dir = left ]]; then
+    (( offset -= 1 ))
+  else
+    (( offset += 1 ))
+  fi
+done