aestetic text generator

aestetic.sh

#!/bin/bash

IFS='\n'

INPUT=$(cat)
for line in $INPUT; do
  for ((i = 0; i < ${#line}; i++)); do
    echo -n "${line:$i:1}"
    if [[ "$i" != "${#line}" ]]; then # don't insert extra space at EOL
      echo -n " "
    fi
  done
done
echo # extra newline at end