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<#
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. SYNOPSIS
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Writes text á la typewriter
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. DESCRIPTION
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This PowerShell script writes the given text with the typewriter effect .
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. PARAMETER text
Specifies the text to write
. PARAMETER speed
Specifies the speed ( 250 ms by default )
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. EXAMPLE
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PS > . / write-typewriter " Hello World "
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. LINK
https : / / github . com / fleschutz / PowerShell
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. NOTES
Author : Markus Fleschutz | License : CC0
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#>
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param ( [ string ] $text = " `n Hello World `n ----------- `n * PowerShell is powerful - fully control your computer `n * PowerShell is cross-platform - available for Linux, Mac OS and Windows `n * PowerShell is open-source and free `n * PowerShell is easy to learn `n * PowerShell is fully documented `n `n Thanks for watching `n Markus `n " , [ int ] $speed = 200 ) # in milliseconds
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try {
$Random = New-Object System . Random
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$text -split '' | ForEach-Object {
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Write-Host -noNewline $_
Start-Sleep -milliseconds $ ( 1 + $Random . Next ( $speed ) )
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}
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exit 0 # success
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} catch {
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" ⚠️ Error in line $( $_ . InvocationInfo . ScriptLineNumber ) : $( $Error [ 0 ] ) "
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exit 1
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}