#!/opt/perl/bin/perl -w use strict; $| = 1; # Set this one to a value appropriate for your terminal/computer. my $delay = 1500; scalar(@ARGV) or die "usage: showvt file\n"; open(FILE, $ARGV[0]) or die "open: $!\n"; while (read(FILE, my $c, 1)) { print $c; for (my $i = 0; $i < $delay; $i++) {} } close(FILE); .