1dlife

1dlife

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Jon Millen's 1D Game of Life in pure Bash
+# Usage: echo 'state' | 1dlife [iterations]
+# Created by Luxferre in 2026, released into public domain
+
+ITERS="$1"
+[[ -z "$ITERS" ]] && ITERS=$(($(tput lines) - 1))
+[[ -z "$RENDER_CHAR" ]] && RENDER_CHAR='#'
+
+# read and process the state
+IFS= read -r state
+state="${state//[[:space:]]/0}"
+state="${state//[^0]/1}"
+slen=$((${#state} - 1)) # length + 4 (temporary padding) - 5
+
+# complete rule mapping
+declare -A values=(
+  00000 0  00001 0  00010 0  00011 1
+  00100 0  00101 0  00110 0  00111 1
+  01000 0  01001 1  01010 1  01011 1
+  01100 0  01101 1  01110 1  01111 0
+  10000 0  10001 1  10010 1  10011 1
+  10100 0  10101 1  10110 1  10111 0
+  11000 1  11001 1  11010 1  11011 0
+  11100 1  11101 0  11110 0  11111 1)
+
+for ((i=0; i<ITERS; ++i)); do
+  state="00${state}00" # pad the current state from both sides
+  newstate=''
+  for ((k=0; k<slen; ++k)); do
+    vidx="${state:k:5}"
+    newstate="${newstate}${values[$vidx]}"    
+  done
+  state="$newstate"
+  newstate="${newstate//0/ }"
+  printf '%s\n' "${newstate//1/$RENDER_CHAR}"
+done

README.md

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+* [1DLife](./1dlife): Jon Millen's 1D Game of Life in pure Bash