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rotating-message.sh
#!/bin/bash
# When I was 11, this bit of code appeared in a book on BASIC that had.
# This is just for nostalgia.
str="$1"
typeset -i start=0 len=${#str}
while true
do for s in `seq 1 $len`
do clear
echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t"${str:$s:$len}${str:0:$s}
sleep 0.15
done
done
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