gocat

A blazing fast lolcat replacement.

Building

Building requires a functioning go installation.

Clone the repository
go build gocat.go

Usage

gocat [OPTION]... [FILE]...

-a, --animate — Animate the output
-d, --duration=<d> — Animation duration (default: 12)
- Animation duration is specified in number of frames per line
-f, --force — Force color output
- By default, gocat does not rainbowify messages if its output is redirected
- Useful for writing a colourful message to /etc/motd, etc
-F, --freq=<f> — Rainbow frequency (default: 2)
- Defines how much the color changes for each character
-i, --invert — Invert the output
-n, --number — Number all output lines
-O, --offset=<o> — Vertical offset (default: 2)
- Same as -F, but for lines.
-S, --seed=<s> — RNG seed, 0 means random (default: 0)
-s, --speed=<s> — Animation speed (default: 20)
- Animation speed is specified in frames per second
-h, --help — Display the help text
--version — Display version information