Matrix in terminal

matrux.sh

lines=$(tput lines)
cols=$(tput cols)

awkscript='
  {
    lines=$1
    random_col=$3
    letter=$4
    letters="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789@#$%^&*()"
    letter=substr(letters,letter,1)
    cols[random_col]=0
    for (col in cols) {
      rnum = int(20*rand())
      if (cols[col] < 0) {
        line=-cols[col]
        cols[col]=cols[col]-1
        subline = -cols[col] + 1
        printf "\033[%s;%sH%s", line, col, " "
        printf "\033[%s;%sH%s\033[0;0H", newline, col, " "
        if (actcol >= lines) {
          cols[col]=0
        } else if (rnum < 1) {
          cols[col]=0
        }
      } else {
        line=cols[col]
        cols[col]=cols[col]+1
        if (rnum < 3) {
          printf "\033[%s;%sH\033[1;32m%s\033[0m", line, col, letter
        } else {
          printf "\033[%s;%sH\033[2;32m%s\033[0m", line, col, letter
        }
        printf "\033[%s;%sH\033[37m%s\033[0;0H\033[0m", cols[col], col, letter
        if (cols[col] >= lines) {
          if (rnum < 2) {
            cols[col]=0
          } else {
            cols[col]=-1
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
'

clear

if [[ -t 0 ]]; then
  stty -echo -icanon -icrnl time 0 min 0
fi

keypress=''
while [ "x$keypress" = "x" ]; do
  echo $lines $cols $(( $RANDOM % $cols)) $(( $RANDOM % 72 ))
  sleep 0.04
  keypress="`cat -v`"
done | awk "$awkscript"

if [[ -t 0 ]]; then
  stty sane
fi

clear