PowerShell/Scripts/write-marquee.ps1
2021-02-06 14:38:58 +01:00

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#!/snap/bin/powershell
<#
.SYNTAX ./write-marquee.ps1 [<text>] [<speed>]
.DESCRIPTION writes the given text as marquee
.LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0
#>
param([string]$Text = "", [int]$Speed = 60) # 60 ms pause
if ($Text -eq "") {
$Text = "PowerShell is powerful! PowerShell is cross-platform! PowerShell is open-source! PowerShell is easy to learn! Powershell is fully documented"
}
function StartMarquee { param([string]$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