I want to make an animated curser prompt in the terminal(Ubuntu 14.04),
so i make this script:
while [ : ]
do
echo -ne '|\r'
sleep 0.3
echo -ne '/\r'
sleep 0.3
echo -ne '一\r'
sleep 0.3
echo -ne '\\ \r'
sleep 0.3
echo -ne '|\r'
sleep 0.3
echo -ne '$\r'
sleep 0.3
done
But when i put it in the .bashrc ps1 ~/animated-prompt.sh &
it make a text distortion and every thing i write is overridden by the \r
character.
so Is there anyway to make this work ?
(IDK, like putting the script to another process thread other than the one that the terminal is working on)
save and restore cursor position instead of \r. Move to required column location where you want animation between saving and restoring cursor position.
For cursor movement refer http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x361.html
modified script:
s="\033[s"
u="\033[u"
# Position of column
# As per my command prompt, i want 15th column( so 14C)
pos="\033[1000D\033[14C"
while [ : ]
do
eval echo -ne '$s$pos\|$u'
sleep 0.3
eval echo -ne '$s$pos/$u'
sleep 0.3
eval echo -ne '$s$pos一$u'
sleep 0.3
eval echo -ne '$s$pos\\\\$u'
sleep 0.3
eval echo -ne '$s$pos\|$u'
sleep 0.3
eval echo -ne '$s$pos\$$u'
sleep 0.3
done
[root@hello ~]|
As you were using, it works with last line in .bashrc
Thanks
echo -ne '一\r'
# ^
# |
# \--- problem
This character should be a hyphen, but is actually something called
CJK Ideograph, First