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 # slowcat
 A very slow cat
+
+## Examples
+```
+slowcat filename
+
+( echo ab ; echo cd ; echo ef ; echo gh ) | slowcat
+
+SLOWCAT_DELAY=.1 slowcat --help
+
+timeout screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 ; SLOWCAT_DELAY=.05 slowcat filename > /dev/ttyUSB0
+```
diff --git a/slowcat b/slowcat
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@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cat "$@" | while IFS= LANG=C read -r -n1 -d '' a
+do
+    printf %c "$a"
+#    echo "$a"
+    sleep ${SLOWCAT_DELAY:-.001}
+done