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40#!/bin/bash
# /* ---- 💫 https://github.com/JaKooLit 💫 ---- */ ##
# Not my own work. This was added through Github PR. Credit to original author
#----- Optimized bars animation without much CPU usage increase --------
bar="▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█"
dict="s/;//g"
# Calculate the length of the bar outside the loop
bar_length=${#bar}
# Create dictionary to replace char with bar
for ((i = 0; i < bar_length; i++)); do
dict+=";s/$i/${bar:$i:1}/g"
done
# Create cava config
config_file="/tmp/bar_cava_config"
cat >"$config_file" <<EOF
[general]
bars = 10
[input]
method = pulse
source = auto
[output]
method = raw
raw_target = /dev/stdout
data_format = ascii
ascii_max_range = 7
EOF
# Kill cava if it's already running
pkill -f "cava -p $config_file"
# Read stdout from cava and perform substitution in a single sed command
cava -p "$config_file" | sed -u "$dict"