#!/usr/bin/pwsh <# .SYNTAX write-animated.ps1 [] .. [line9>] [] .DESCRIPTION writes animated text .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param($Line1 = "", $Line2 = "", $Line3 = "", $Line4 = "", $Line5 = "", $Line6 = "", $Line7 = "", $Line8 = "", $Line9 = "", [int]$Speed = 50) # 50 ms pause function WriteAnimatedLine { param([string]$Line, [int]$Speed) [int]$Start = 1 [int]$End = $Line.Length $StartPosition = $HOST.UI.RawUI.CursorPosition $Spaces = " " if ($Line -ne "") { foreach ($Pos in $Start .. $End) { $TextToDisplay = $Spaces.Substring(0, 40 - $pos / 2) + $Line.Substring(0, $Pos) write-host -nonewline $TextToDisplay start-sleep -milliseconds $Speed $HOST.UI.RawUI.CursorPosition = $StartPosition } write-host "" } } if ($Line1 -eq "") { $Line1 = "Welcome to PowerShell Scripts" $Line2 = "" $Line3 = "This repository contains useful and cross-platform PowerShell scripts." $Line4 = "Send your e-mail feedback to: markus@fleschutz.de" $Line5 = "Best regards," $Line6 = "Markus" } write-host "" WriteAnimatedLine $Line1 $Speed WriteAnimatedLine $Line2 $Speed WriteAnimatedLine $Line3 $Speed WriteAnimatedLine $Line4 $Speed WriteAnimatedLine $Line5 $Speed WriteAnimatedLine $Line6 $Speed WriteAnimatedLine $Line7 $Speed WriteAnimatedLine $Line8 $Speed WriteAnimatedLine $Line9 $Speed write-host "" exit 0