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  1. Cody Hannafon created this gist Jul 31, 2014.
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    #!/usr/bin/env ruby
    #
    # vtplayer.rb - A simple script to play vt100 animations.
    # Made with ❤︎ by [email protected] - v0.1
    #
    # Some places to find vt100 animations:
    # http://artscene.textfiles.com/vt100/
    # http://www.scovetta.com/archives/textfiles/art

    require 'open-uri'
    Signal.trap("INT") { puts; exit 0 }
    abort("[Error] Need a file to play. Give the path of a remote or local file as an argument.") if ARGV[0].nil?

    path = ARGV[0]
    file = ( path[0,4] == 'http' ? open(path).read : IO.read(path) )

    $stdout.sync = true
    file.each_char do |char|
    print char
    sleep 0.0005
    end
    puts