https://github.com/keroserene/rickrollrc

Rick Astley invades your terminal.
https://github.com/keroserene/rickrollrc

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Rick Astley invades your terminal.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/keroserene/rickrollrc
• Owner: keroserene
• Created: 2013-03-04T08:37:40.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-10-21T21:18:53.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-01T13:02:45.033Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 4.92 MB
• Stars: 1,380
• Watchers: 27
• Forks: 157
• Open Issues: 31
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# rickrollrc

Bash script which [rickrolls](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling) your

terminal by playing Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” with ANSI 256-color

coded UTF-8 characters + audio (if available).

## How to Roll

To start rickrollin’ immediately:

    curl -s -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keroserene/rickrollrc/master/roll.sh | bash

Here is the clandestine command you can give to your friends 😈

    curl -s -L https://bit.ly/3zvELNz | bash

![rickroll in xterm](http://i.imgur.com/ZAsQWtP.png)

![rickroll in mac](http://i.imgur.com/yDLaZna.png)

For the record: It is not actually a good idea to make a habit of

    curl $(random_script_from_the_internets) | bash"

Nevertheless, for the enhanced experience, I highly recommend the following:

    ./roll.sh inject

Which essentially just does:

    echo "curl -s -L http://bit.ly/10hA8iC | bash" >> ~/.bashrc

For a salutary lesson in the importance of taking care what you

execute in your terminal, inspired by the classic

[sl](http://www.tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~toyoda/index_e.html), save the

command in a shell script called `suod` somewhere on your `PATH`. It’s

recommended to download the script for faster startup, to avoid

spoiling the surprise when you accidentally execute it for the nth

time (and also, unless you really like living dangerously, for

security, in case we are demonically possessed to replace `roll.sh`

with something evil).

## Misc.

This has been tested on Arch, Debian, Ubuntu, Mac and Cygwin (so far).

To enable sound in Cygwin, install the **sox** package.

Since this is a colorful hobby, you need to ensure 256-color mode is enabled or

Astley will look sad.

For example, if you use GNU screen, ensure your ~/.screenrc contains something

like:

    termcapinfo xterm 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm'

    defbce "on"

Kudos to jart for our lovely hiptext shenanigans.

Please see our sister project: [hiptext](https://github.com/jart/hiptext), which

generates ANSI color codes for any image or video.

<3,

~serene ([@kiserene](http://twitter.com/kiserene))