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Long and interesting but harmless Terminal script
Hi,


I was mucking around with Maven for Eclipse the other day, working on an audio visual project and I was struck by how cool the terminal executing massive amounts of commands is.

I have an odd request. I was wondering if people knew of a terminal script that outputed a lot of data, ideally varied and interesting data (not just text), but which didn't really do anything to one's computer.

I would ideally use this as a live video filter in my VJ work - or alternatively try and screen record the resulting output.

What would infact be even better, is if I could somehow create a screen grab of each new line outputed in terminal then comp those individual screen grabs into a movie file.


Strange request I realise - but any help in the right direction would be much appreciated.
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flash

beep(3XCURSES)						  X/Open Curses Library Functions					    beep(3XCURSES)

NAME

       beep, flash - activate audio-visual alarm

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include  -L	/usr/xpg4/lib 
	-R  /usr/xpg4/lib  -lcurses  [ library... ]

       c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ]

       #include <curses.h>

       int beep(void);

       int flash(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  beep()  and  flash()  functions  produce an audio and visual alarm on the terminal, respectively.  If the terminal has the capability,
       beep() sounds a bell or beep and  flash() flashes the screen.  One alarm is substituted for another if the terminal does  not  support  the
       capability  called  (see   terminfo(4)  bel  and  flash capabilities). For example, a call to beep() for a terminal without that capability
       results in a flash.

RETURN VALUES

       These functions always return OK.

ERRORS

       None.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       libcurses(3XCURSES), terminfo(4), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    5 Jun 2002							    beep(3XCURSES)