#!/usr/bin/env bash # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Copyright (c) 2013-2026 Geoffray Levasseur # Protected by the BSD3 license. Please read bellow for details. # # * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, # * with or without modification, are permitted provided # * that the following conditions are met: # * # * Redistributions of source code must retain the above # * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the # * following disclaimer. # * # * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above # * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # * disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials # * provided with the distribution. # * # * Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names # * of any other contributors may be used to endorse or # * promote products derived from this software without # * specific prior written permission. # * # * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND # * CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, # * INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES # * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE # * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR # * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, # * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, # * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR # * SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS # * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # * OF SUCH DAMAGE. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Make non-IT peoples think you're busy doing something hard # Usage: busy [options] [pattern] # Options: # --delay= : add a delay between each line output (milliseconds) # pattern : the string to search for in the hexdump output (default is "ca fe") busy() { local pattern="ca fe" delay_ms=0 local PARSED # Short: h, p:, d: # Long: help, pattern:, delay: PARSED=$(getopt -o hp:d: --long help,pattern:,delay: -n 'busy' -- "$@") if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then disp E "Invalid options, use \"busy --help\" to display usage." return 1 fi eval set -- "$PARSED" while true; do case "$1" in -h|--help) printf "busy: Monitor /dev/urandom for a specific pattern.\n\n" printf "Usage: busy [options] [pattern]\n\n" printf "Options:\n" printf "\t-h, --help\t\tDisplay this help screen\n" printf "\t-p, --pattern PATTERN\tHex pattern to search (default: \"ca fe\")\n" printf "\t-d, --delay MS\t\tDelay between matches in milliseconds\n" return 0 ;; -p|--pattern) pattern="$2" shift 2 ;; -d|--delay) delay_ms="$2" if ! [[ "$delay_ms" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then disp E "Invalid delay: must be an integer (milliseconds)." return 1 fi shift 2 ;; --) shift break ;; *) disp E "Invalid option: $1" return 1 ;; esac done # If a pattern was provided as a positional argument (e.g., 'busy "ff 00"'), # it is captured here. [[ -n "$1" ]] && pattern="$1" # Convert milliseconds to seconds for 'sleep' local delay_s=$(awk "BEGIN { printf \"%.3f\", $delay_ms / 1000 }") # Monitor /dev/urandom cat /dev/urandom | hexdump -C | grep --line-buffered "$pattern" | \ while read -r line; do echo "$line" [[ $delay_ms -gt 0 ]] && sleep "$delay_s" done } # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # EOF