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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# optionally takes a single argument of how long of a delay to take. defaults to 5 seconds.
+seconds=$1
+
+# seconds 
+if [[ "$seconds" -lt "1" ]] || [[ "$seconds" -gt "60" ]]; then
+    seconds=5
+fi
+
+# convert delay in seconds to 1/50 slice of time
+slice=$(echo "scale=3; $seconds/50" | bc -l)
+
+echo ''
+for i in $(seq 1 50); do
+    sleep "$slice"
+    echo -n '.'
+done
+echo ''
+