hollyscroll 1.2.2

Scroll text on the terminal screen like in movies

hollyscroll

Python script that pointlessly scrolls text for you like on computer screens in movies and TV shows

Installation with pip

pip install hollyscroll

Manual Installation

Clone git repository

$ cd ~/bin
$ git clone https://github.com/sumpygump/hollyscroll.git hollyscroll-src

Symlink script (assuming ~/bin is in your $PATH)

$ ln -s hollyscroll-src/hollyscroll.py hollyscroll

Usage

usage: hollyscroll [-h] [-v] [-s {normal,typewriter}] [-l] [-r] [path ...]

Scroll text on terminal window like in movies and TV shows

positional arguments:
  path                  Paths to files or directories to be scrolled

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit
  -s {normal,typewriter}, --style {normal,typewriter}
                        Set output style mode
  -l, --list            Display list of files and mimes only
  -r, --repeat          Repeat listing the files after done

Example:
  hollyscroll ~/Documents

You can also pipe in content from other programs:
  ls -l | hollyscroll
  dmesg | hollyscroll