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  • BashBox

    The code:

    #/bin/bash
    
    bashBox () {
    	str="$@"
    	len=$((${#str}+4))
    	for i in $(seq $len); do echo -n "*"; done;
    	echo; echo "* "$str" *";
    	for i in $(seq $len); do echo -n "*"; done;
    	echo
    }
    
    bashBox "Yea, a bash Box"

    The output:

     % ./bashbox.sh
    *******************
    * Yea, a bash Box *
    *******************

    Posted

    May 19, 2009

    Tags

    bash, box, code