Boxes, chatgpt update

15. 1. 2023

box ↓

Needs ‘boxes’ and ‘lolcat’.

box () { echo "$*" | boxes -d simple -a hcvc | lolcat -p 50 }

-a hcvc # will center stuff
-p 50 # the amount of color spread, defaults to 3.

Example
example

Links:
Boxes https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/examples.html

Random findings ↓

train ↓

# colorful animated train
sl | lolcat

Nice unicode chars for rounded box ↓

# this does look good in terminal
# ╭──────────────╮
# │     test     │
# ╰──────────────╯

Roundbox script ↓

An attempt at roundbox script,

roundbox

Edit: As of 11.7.2025 roundbox script supports multiline and cating into it as well.

╭─────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ roundbox, rewriten by chatgpt in 2025   │
│ (replaces old roundbox and multibox)    │
│                                         │
│ usage examples:                         │
│ echo "woot\nwoot" | roundbox            │ 
│ cat file.txt | roundbox                 │
│ roundbox "woot\nwoot"                   │
│                                         │
│ note: If max line lenght > term width,  │
│ lines will be truncated                 │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────╯