<# .SYNOPSIS Writes animated text .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script writes animated text to the console. .EXAMPLE PS> ./write-animated "Hello World" .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param($Line1 = "", $Line2 = "", $Line3 = "", $Line4 = "", $Line5 = "", $Line6 = "", $Line7 = "", $Line8 = "", $Line9 = "", [int]$Speed = 30) # 30 ms pause $TerminalWidth = 120 # characters function WriteLine { param([string]$Line) if ($Line -eq "") { return } [int]$End = $Line.Length $StartPosition = $HOST.UI.RawUI.CursorPosition $Spaces = " " foreach($Pos in 1 .. $End) { $TextToDisplay = $Spaces.Substring(0, $TerminalWidth / 2 - $pos / 2) + $Line.Substring(0, $Pos) Write-Host $TextToDisplay -noNewline Start-Sleep -milliseconds $Speed $HOST.UI.RawUI.CursorPosition = $StartPosition } Write-Host "" } try { if ($Line1 -eq "") { $Line1 = "Welcome to PowerShell Scripts" $Line2 = " " $Line3 = "This repository contains useful and cross-platform PowerShell scripts." $Line4 = " " $Line5 = "Best regards," $Line6 = "Markus" } WriteLine $Line1 WriteLine $Line2 WriteLine $Line3 WriteLine $Line4 WriteLine $Line5 WriteLine $Line6 WriteLine $Line7 WriteLine $Line8 WriteLine $Line9 exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }