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A PowerShell function to output text to screen as if typed by a human. I don't know why I wrote this.
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Function Write-Human { | |
<# | |
.SYNOPSIS | |
Use to output text as if typed by a human. | |
.SYNOPSIS | |
This script takes one or more strings and prints them to the screen with a slightly randomised delay between each character to emulate a human typing. | |
.EXAMPLE | |
Get-Content .\mytestfile.txt | Write-Human | |
#> | |
[cmdletbinding()] | |
Param( | |
[parameter(ValueFromPipeline)] | |
[string] | |
$InputObject, | |
[int] | |
$Speed = 1, | |
[ValidateSet('Disco','DiscoWord', 'Terminal')] | |
[string] | |
$Mode | |
) | |
Begin { | |
if ($Mode -eq 'Terminal') { | |
$console = $host.ui.rawui | |
$console.backgroundcolor = "black" | |
Clear-Host | |
} | |
} | |
Process { | |
$InputObject -Split "`n" | ForEach-Object { | |
$FGColor = (7..15 | Get-Random) | |
ForEach ($Char in $_.ToCharArray()) { | |
Switch ($Mode) { | |
'Disco' { Write-Host $Char -NoNewLine -ForegroundColor (7..15 | Get-Random) } | |
'DiscoWord' { | |
Write-Host $Char -NoNewLine -ForegroundColor $FGColor | |
if ($Char -eq ' ') { $FGColor = (7..15 | Get-Random) } | |
} | |
'Terminal' { Write-Host $Char -NoNewLine -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black } | |
default { Write-Host $Char -NoNewLine } | |
} | |
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds (Get-Random -Min (10 / $Speed) -Max (100 / $Speed)) | |
} | |
Write-Host | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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