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July 25, 2021 20:20
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Fancy typewriter function to add flair to Write-Host
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function Write-Typewriter { | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
param ( | |
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)] | |
[string]$Text, | |
[Parameter()] | |
[ConsoleColor]$Color = [ConsoleColor]::Green, | |
[Parameter()] | |
[int]$Delay = 200, | |
[Parameter()] | |
[Switch]$Rainbow = $false, | |
[Parameter()] | |
[Switch]$Pause = $false | |
) | |
begin { | |
$r = New-Object System.Random | |
$color_count = [System.ConsoleColor].GetFields().Count - 1 | |
} | |
process { | |
$Text -split "" | ForEach-Object { | |
if ($Rainbow) { | |
$r_color = [System.ConsoleColor](Get-Random -Min 0 -Max $color_count) | |
Write-Host $_ -NoNewline -ForegroundColor $r_color | |
} | |
else { | |
Write-Host $_ -NoNewline -ForegroundColor $Color | |
} | |
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds $(1 + $r.Next($Delay)) | |
} | |
} | |
end { | |
Write-Host "`r`n" | |
if ($Pause) { | |
Pause | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
Set-Alias -Name "wtw" -Value Write-Typewriter |
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