#!/bin/bash RED='\033[0;31m' GREEN='\033[0;32' # generate a random series of characters array[0]="poops " array[1]="0100101010010010101001001" array[2]="abcdefgfedcba" array[3]="--*--*--*--*" array[4]=" !! " array[5]="|||||||||||||||||||" array[6]="~~**~~** " array[7]="__________________" array[8]="++++++++++++++++++" array[9]="000000000000000000" #echo ${array[$index]} #for run in {1..9999} #do size=${#array[@]} index=$(($RANDOM % $size)) for run in {1..1000} do #echo -ne "$(tput setaf 1)Red text $(tput setab 7)and white background$(tput sgr 0)" #printf "*$%%#^^ **#888882 001001" echo -ne ${array[$index]} done # sleep 0.25 #done