[ARCHIVED] Display current datetime in french condensed format.

datetime.sh

COL="\033[0;31m"
RST="\033[0m"

numbers=(\
"\n ██████╗ \n██╔═████╗\n██║██╔██║\n████╔╝██║\n╚██████╔╝\n ╚═════╝ \n" \
"\n   ██╗   \n  ███║   \n  ╚██║   \n   ██║   \n   ██║   \n   ╚═╝   \n" \
"\n██████╗  \n╚════██╗ \n █████╔╝ \n██╔═══╝  \n███████╗ \n╚══════╝ \n" \
"\n██████╗  \n╚════██╗ \n █████╔╝ \n ╚═══██╗ \n██████╔╝ \n╚═════╝  \n" \
"\n██╗  ██╗ \n██║  ██║ \n███████║ \n╚════██║ \n     ██║ \n     ╚═╝ \n" \
"\n███████╗ \n██╔════╝ \n███████╗ \n╚════██║ \n███████║ \n╚══════╝ \n" \
"\n ██████╗ \n██╔════╝ \n███████╗ \n██╔═══██╗\n╚██████╔╝\n ╚═════╝ \n" \
"\n███████╗ \n╚════██║ \n    ██╔╝ \n   ██╔╝  \n   ██║   \n   ╚═╝   \n" \
"\n █████╗  \n██╔══██╗ \n╚█████╔╝ \n██╔══██╗ \n╚█████╔╝ \n ╚════╝  \n" \
"\n █████╗  \n██╔══██╗ \n╚██████║ \n ╚═══██║ \n █████╔╝ \n ╚════╝  \n")

chars=(\
"\n     ██╗ \n    ██╔╝ \n   ██╔╝  \n  ██╔╝   \n ██╔╝    \n ╚═╝     \n" \
"\n         \n   ██╗   \n   ╚═╝   \n   ██╗   \n   ╚═╝   \n         \n" \
"\n         \n         \n         \n         \n         \n         \n")


show_datetime () {
    let size=$(echo "$1" | wc -c)-1
    
    #boder top
    echo -ne "$COL ╔"; for c in $(seq 1 $(($size*9 + 2))); do echo -ne "═"; done; echo "╗";


    for i in $(seq 1 6); do # six is the height of a char
        echo -ne " ║ $RST"
        for j in $(seq 1 $size); do
            num=$(echo $1 | cut -c $j)
            case $num in
                "/") echo -n "$( echo "${chars[0]}" | cut -d'n' -f$(($i+1)) | sed -e 's/\\//g')" ;;
                ":") echo -n "$( echo "${chars[1]}" | cut -d'n' -f$(($i+1)) | sed -e 's/\\//g')" ;;
                " ") echo -n "$( echo "${chars[2]}" | cut -d'n' -f$(($i+1)) | sed -e 's/\\//g')" ;;
                *) echo -n "$( echo "${numbers[$num]}" | cut -d'n' -f$(($i+1)) | sed -e 's/\\//g')";;
            esac
        done
        echo -e " $COL║"
    done

    #boder bottom
    echo -n " ╚"; for c in $(seq 1 $(($size*9 + 2))); do echo -ne "═"; done; echo -e "╝$RST";
}

show_datetime "$(date +%d/%m\ %H:%M)"

while (true); do ./datetime.sh; sleep 60; clear; done;

while true; do clear; show_datetime "$(date +%H:%M:%S)"; sleep 2; done;

Customize .bashrc

To add the date and time when your console launches, you can add the date display function to your bashrc. To do this you just need to:

1. add the function from the snippet above at the end of the .bashrc file
2. add the following line at the end :

show_datetime "$(date +%d/%m\ %H:%M)"

Now you can enjoy 👍