this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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Shell Scripting

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[โ€“] gamma 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice work! I've definitely had some fun with convert recently, as you might tell from the community banner.

spoilerIt is an image showing the script I used to create it ๐Ÿ˜›.

[โ€“] xcjs 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's certainly a script! ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] gamma 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's a little more complex than needed, for the pixelated background I used xcolor names and then modulated them darker, but then relented and used hexcodes for the text in the foreground.

[โ€“] xcjs 1 points 1 year ago

It's very impressive! I try to write legible code first, and if my shell scripts get too complex, I move on to another tool typically:

  • C# scripting
  • Python
  • PowerShell
  • Node.js

That might be why I don't have many cryptic examples.