stekhn/print-line-by-line.sh

Created December 8, 2017 16:01

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Bash script to print any document or file line by line with a small, random delay. Nice to fake a "hacking" screen.

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print-line-by-line.sh

	#!/bin/bash

	while IFS='' read -r line \|\| [[ -n "$line" ]]; do
	sleep $(( ( RANDOM % 1 ) + 1 ))
	echo "$line"
	done < "$1"

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