Print contents of a text file to stdout, slowly...

slowprint.sh

#!/bin/bash
echo -e $'\e[2J\e[32m'

while true; do

while IFS= read -rn1 i; do
    printf %s "${i:-$'\n'}"
    sleep 0.$(($RANDOM / 20000))
done < objects.txt

for i in {1..40}; do echo; sleep 0.1; done

done