StringHacker.py

#/usr/bin/env python
# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-

import time
import random
import sys

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    word = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
else:
    word = "Usage: %s [text]" % sys.argv[0]

start_time = time.time()
stop = False
found = []
while not stop:
    rndstr = "\r"
    for i in range(len(word)):

        if i in found:
            rndstr += word[i]
            continue

        rndchar = chr(random.randint(32, 122))
        rndstr += rndchar

        if rndchar == word[i]:
            found.append(i)

    print rndstr,
    time.sleep(0.05)
    sys.stdout.flush()

    if len(found) == len(word):
        stop = True

print
end_time = time.time()
#print "Found in %0.2f seconds" % (end_time - start_time)