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Try running this in an xterm window!


#!/usr/bin/perl -w
sub d($){defined($        _[             0])}sub p(        $){print    @_}sub r
         ($$)            {int            $_[0]+rand($_     [1]-$_[0    ]+1)}$|=
         016;            my$a            =2;sub c{p"\e"    ."[H";;p    "\e[J";}
         open           (Y,$0)            ;my(    @y,$y)     ;for        (;;)
         {&d(          $y=(<Y>)           ) or    last;;     push        @y ,
         $y.(         ' '   x80           )} $SIG{INT}=      sub{c;exit};c;my
         $b=0        ;;;    for(;         ;){my($r,$c)       =(r(1,@y),r(1,80
         ));;       my$k=(substr($        y[$r-              1],$        c-1,
 1));;   ;;;;      printf"\e[%d;".        "%d".              "H".        "\e"
 ."[1"   .";"     ."7;"       ."%s"       ."m".              "%s"        ."".
 "\e[0m",$r,    $c,r(30,    37),$k if   $k ne" ";          }return;   ;__END__;
    __Just_    _Another_    PerlHacker  by_John_C          _Norton_   8/17/2005

Downloadable code:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
sub d($){defined($        _[             0])}sub p(        $){print   
+ @_}sub r
         ($$)            {int            $_[0]+rand($_     [1]-$_[0   
+ ]+1)}$|=
         016;            my$a            =2;sub c{p"\e"    ."[H";;p   
+ "\e[J";}
         open           (Y,$0)            ;my(    @y,$y)     ;for     
+   (;;)
         {&d(          $y=(<Y>)           ) or    last;;     push     
+   @y ,
         $y.(         ' '   x80           )} $SIG{INT}=      sub{c;exi
+t};c;my
         $b=0        ;;;    for(;         ;){my($r,$c)       =(r(1,@y)
+,r(1,80
         ));;       my$k=(substr($        y[$r-              1],$     
+   c-1,
 1));;   ;;;;      printf"\e[%d;".        "%d".              "H".     
+   "\e"
 ."[1"   .";"     ."7;"       ."%s"       ."m".              "%s"     
+   ."".
 "\e[0m",$r,    $c,r(30,    37),$k if   $k ne" ";          }return;   
+;__END__;
    __Just_    _Another_    PerlHacker  by_John_C          _Norton_   
+8/17/2005
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"download section" added by holli

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On my keyboard, Caps lock is: