Script to create matrix like background on the linux terminal

Here is a script which when executed on the Linux terminal will create a continuous stream of 1's and 0's to create a background like that of the matrix as shown below.



Here is the script.


tput setab 0 tput setaf 2 clear a[0]="0" a[1]="1" a[2]="|" a[3]=" " cols=`tput cols` for((j=0;;)) do for((i=0;i<$cols;)) do rand=$(($RANDOM%3)) tput cup $j $i echo -n ${a[$rand]} i=$(($i+2)) #sleep 0.25 done j=$(($j + 1)) done

Save the script as matrix.sh

Give it execute permission and then execute it as follows

$ chmod 777 matrix.sh $ ./matrix.sh

Pleast note that the script will not stop untill you do not press "cntrl + c" or "cntrl + z" or close the terminal.