I think a loop is what you are going to have to do. Or at least a sleep()
beween each echo -n. Ex
echo -n "Please "
sleep 1
echo -n "Enter "
sleep 1
echo -n "Your "
sleep 1
echo -n "Name: "
On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Daniel de Young wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to shell scripting and would appreciate advice on how to
> accomplish something.
>
> I want to create a script that types out a question like it's being type
> realtime by the computer. As in, when a string is echoed I would like
> to make it appear with a small delay between each character being
> displayed. Of course I could make a loop function and echo each letter
> of a string without a character return, but I was wondering if anybody
> knew how to do this more simply.
>
> Hmmm, I wonder if that makes any sense... :-)
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Daniel de Young
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