PowerShell/Scripts/write-marquee.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	write-marquee.ps1 [<text>] [<speed>]
.DESCRIPTION
	Writes the given text as marquee
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./write-marquee "Hello World"
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
#>

param([string]$text = "PowerShell is powerful! PowerShell is cross-platform! PowerShell is open-source! PowerShell is easy to learn! Powershell is fully documented", [int]$speed = 60) # 60 ms pause

function StartMarquee { param([string]$text)
	$Length = $text.Length
	$Start = 1
	$End = ($Length - 80)

	clear-host
	write-output ""
	write-output "------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
	$StartPosition = $HOST.UI.RawUI.CursorPosition
	$StartPosition.X = 2
	write-output "|                                                                                  |"
	write-output "------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"

	foreach ($Pos in $Start .. $End) {
		$HOST.UI.RawUI.CursorPosition = $StartPosition
		$TextToDisplay = $text.Substring($Pos, 80)
		write-host -nonewline $TextToDisplay
		start-sleep -milliseconds $speed
	}
	write-output ""
	write-output ""
	write-output ""
}

StartMarquee "                                                                                    +++ $text +++ $text +++ $text +++ $text +++ $text +++ $text +++ $text +++ $text +++ $text +++ $text +++ $text +++ $text +++                                                                                         "
exit 0 # success