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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Elementary cellular automatons (rule X) in pure Bash (zero dependencies)
# Usage: echo 'state' | elem rule# [iterations]
# Created by Luxferre in 2026, released into public domain
D2B=({0..1}{0..1}{0..1}{0..1}{0..1}{0..1}{0..1}{0..1})
RULENO="$1"
if ((RULENO > 255 || RULENO < 0)); then
echo "Invalid rule number!"
exit 1
fi
rule="${D2B[RULENO]}"
ITERS="$2"
if [[ -z "$ITERS" ]]; then # get the iteration count dynamically
shopt -s checkwinsize # enable checking the terminal size
:|: # trigger the WINCH signal to get the size
ITERS=$((LINES - 1)) # the row count is now in LINES
fi
[[ -z "$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
for ((i=0; i<ITERS; ++i)); do
state="0${state}0" # pad the current state from both sides
newstate=''
for ((k=0; k<slen; ++k)); do
vidx=$((2#${state:k:3}))
newstate="${newstate}${rule:$vidx:1}"
done
state="$newstate"
newstate="${newstate//0/ }"
printf '%s\n' "${newstate//1/$RENDER_CHAR}"
done