slowuart

#!/bin/bash
# Echos a string with a delay between each character
# When a # character is encountered, it's replaced with a 1 second pause
# and the # is NOT echoed out
# 
# When there are no params:
#  - take stdin as the string
# Where there is 1 param:
#  - take the contents of the file in param 1 as the string

# Decide where to get the string
if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
  str=`cat`
else
  str=`cat $1`
fi

# Break the string into characters and echo them 1 at a time
while [ -n "$str" ]
        do
#			if [[ "${str:0:1}" = *$'\x0a'* ]]
#			then
#				printf "%c" "$str"
#				sleep 2
#			elif [[ "${str:0:1}" = *$'#'* ]]
			if [[ "${str:0:1}" = *$'#'* ]]
			then
				sleep 1
			else
				printf "%c" "$str"
				sleep 0.05
			fi
			str=${str#?}
done
printf "\n"