scat - a Perl script for more interesting text file viewing
From R. L. Samuell <zy...@crl.com>
· alt.ascii-art.animation
· 24 May 1996 00:00 · View full thread
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Are you tired of the plain old line at-a-time text file display
utilities like 'cat', 'page', 'more', or 'less' ? Then you may
want to chase away those text display blues with 'scat'. :-S
I have written a Perl script called 'scat' that provides a more
creative display of consecutive screens for users running ANSI
emulations. This program is not meant to be a replacement for
the above standard paging programs, in fact it lacks back-up and
skip-screen features and keyboard access when piping. Still, I
have found it to be a versatile little tool that all ASCII artists
might want to have around to slide-show their work or just make
the simple viewing of text files less boring.
'scat' was developed using Perl5 running under OS/2 but it seems
to work equally well in most other environments that include a Perl
processor. 'scat' is freeware but please read the comments in
the script for important instructions and notices. Feedback is
welcome. You can obtain the script by fingering the following ID,
thusly, to capture the finger text to a file on your system:
finger sca...@twinbrook.cis.uab.edu > scat
If you wish to contact me personally, please send e-mail to:
sam...@cis.uab.edu
Enjoy !!!
R L Samuell
--
ASCII ART CREDITS:
creator - 'spinweb.vt' and 'aquarium.vt' ANSI animations
programmer - 'ASCII Aquarium' program-driven animation/screensaver
proprietor - The ASCII Art Bazaar
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