Script: *write-animated.ps1* ======================== This PowerShell script writes animated text to the console. Parameters ---------- ```powershell PS> ./write-animated.ps1 [[-Line1] ] [[-Line2] ] [[-Line3] ] [[-Line4] ] [[-Line5] ] [[-Line6] ] [[-Line7] ] [[-Line8] ] [[-Line9] ] [[-Speed] ] [] -Line1 Required? false Position? 1 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Line2 Required? false Position? 2 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Line3 Required? false Position? 3 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Line4 Required? false Position? 4 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Line5 Required? false Position? 5 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Line6 Required? false Position? 6 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Line7 Required? false Position? 7 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Line8 Required? false Position? 8 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Line9 Required? false Position? 9 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Speed Required? false Position? 10 Default value 30 Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false [] This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. ``` Example ------- ```powershell PS> ./write-animated "Hello World" ``` Notes ----- Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 Related Links ------------- https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell Script Content -------------- ```powershell <# .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 } ``` *(generated by convert-ps2md.ps1 using the comment-based help of write-animated.ps1 as of 03/27/2024 17:36:32)*