pipes.go

Description

A pipes.sh clone written in Golang. While the original cannot be beaten in terms of compatibility and file size, it has a bit of a performance issue. pipes.go tries to fix this problem with high concurrency. This results in lower CPU usage and smoother animation.

Usage

• -C disables color
• -B disables bold output
• -D additionally uses dimmed colors
• -N lets the pipes change color when exiting the screen (just like in pipes.sh)
• -R lets the pipes start from random coordinates
• -p specifies the amount of pipes
• -c sets a predefined colorscheme
• -t sets the character set
• -r specifies after how many updates to clear the screen
• -f sets the targeted frames per second
• -s sets the probability of not changing the direction for a pipe

Building & Installation

You will need to have developer's libraries for ncurses, git and Golang installed. On Debian or Ubuntu you can use this:

apt install libncurses-dev git golang

You can build and install the executable using go:

go build
go install

You can use go list to find the executable's install path:

go list -f '{{.Target}}'