This snippet flows some text in your shell. It use in the last of presentation or something.
#!/bin/bash
CMD_NAME=`basename $0`
SPACE=`tput cols`
FILE_NAME=
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
echo "USAGE: $CMD_NAME file_name"
exit 1
fi
# Trapping signals
trap 'tput smam; exit 1' 1 2 3 15
FILE_NAME=$1
while [ $SPACE -gt 0 ];
do
while IFS='' read LINE
do
[[ $SPACE > 0 ]] && printf "%${SPACE}s" ' '
tput rmam; printf "%s\n" "$LINE"
done < $FILE_NAME
SPACE=$(( SPACE - 1 ))
sleep 0.02
if [ $SPACE -gt 0 ]; then
clear
fi
done
tput smam
And then type ./flow_text <text-file>