slowcat
Slowcat is like "cat", but it's slow. This produces a visual effect you might find pleasing.
Screenshot
slowcat
is smoother than it appears in this gif.
Installation
With Go Environment
If you have a working go
environment, simply run:
go get github.com/mreishus/slowcat
Without Go Environment
Download the latest release and move the program inside your path. For example, on 64 bit Linux with a ~/bin/ directory set up:
cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/mreishus/slowcat/releases/download/v0.1.0/slowcat_0.1.0_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
tar xvzf slowcat_0.1.0_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
mv slowcat ~/bin/
Usage
Use slowcat
just like you would use cat
.
Read from STDIN:
fortune | slowcat
Read from file:
slowcat /tmp/file1 /tmp/file2