Print output of code in the middle of the screen

Try the script below. It will detect the size of the terminal for every input word so will even dynamically update if you resize the terminal while it's running.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

## Change the input file to have one word per line
tr ' ' '\n' < "$1" | 
## Read each word
while read word
do
    ## Get the terminal's dimensions
    height=$(tput lines)
    width=$(tput cols)
    ## Clear the terminal
    clear

    ## Set the cursor to the middle of the terminal
    tput cup "$((height/2))" "$((width/2))"

    ## Print the word. I add a newline just to avoid the blinking cursor
    printf "%s\n" "$word"
    sleep 1
done 

Save it as ~/bin/foo.sh, make it executable (chmod a+x ~/bin/foo.sh) and give it your input file as its first argument:

foo.sh file

Here you're a very robust bash script:

#!/bin/bash

## When the program is interrupted, call the cleanup function
trap "cleanup; exit" SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM

## Check if file exists
[ -f "$1" ] || { echo "File not found!"; exit; }

function cleanup() {
    ## Restores the screen content
    tput rmcup

    ## Makes the cursor visible again
    tput cvvis
}

## Saves the screen contents
tput smcup

## Loop over all words
while read line
do
    ## Gets terminal width and height
    height=$(tput lines)
    width=$(tput cols)

    ## Gets the length of the current word
    line_length=${#line}

    ## Clears the screen
    clear

    ## Puts the cursor on the middle of the terminal (a bit more to the left, to center the word)
    tput cup "$((height/2))" "$((($width-$line_length)/2))"

    ## Hides the cursor
    tput civis

    ## Prints the word
    printf "$line"

    ## Sleeps one second
    sleep 1

## Passes the words separated by a newline to the loop
done < <(tr ' ' '\n' < "$1")

## When the program ends, call the cleanup function
cleanup

bash function to do the same

mpt() { 
   clear ; 
   w=$(( `tput cols ` / 2 ));  
   h=$(( `tput lines` / 2 )); 
   tput cup $h;
   printf "%${w}s \n"  "$1"; tput cup $h;
   sleep 1;
   clear;  
}

and then

mpt "Text to show"