From 64dbd49a40618a13753df9c8594ec96d9c614844 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Chambers <uplime@spookyinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 02:57:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Display a tickertape across the screen

---
 bash/tickertape | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 bash/tickertape

diff --git a/bash/tickertape b/bash/tickertape
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..737cb62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash/tickertape
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+cols=$(tput cols) line=""
+
+while (( ${#line} < cols + ${#1} )); do
+  if (( ${#line} < ${#1} )); then
+    line=${1:$(( ${#1} - ${#line} - 1)):1}$line
+  else
+    line=" $line"
+  fi
+
+  sleep 0.2
+  printf "\r%s" "${line:0:$cols}"
+done
+
+printf "\n"