"""dribble.py: Echo input with a time delay after each line
Usage: dribble.py [-time] [files...]
'time' is the delay after lines in seconds, with a default of 1 second.
'files...' is a list of files to echo. If no files a specified,
echo the standard input.
Examples:
dribble.py -2 test1.txt test2.txt
Echo the files 'test1.txt' and 'test2.txt' with a delay of 2 seconds
between each line.
ls -l | dribble.py -0.5
Echo the directory listing produced by 'ls -l' with a delay of 1/2 seconds.
"""
import sys
import fileinput
import time
if len(sys.argv)>1:
if sys.argv[1] in ('-h', '--help', '/?'):
print __doc__
sys.exit(0)
delay_time = 1.0 # Seconds
if sys.argv[1][0] == '-' and len(sys.argv[1])>1:
delay_time = float(sys.argv[1][1:])
sys.argv.pop(1)
for line in fileinput.input():
print line,
time.sleep(delay_time)
