LXer: How to Add a Simple Progress Bar in Shell Script
by LXer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#59JDW)
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At times, we need to write shell scripts that are interactive and user executing them need to monitor the progress. For such requirements, we can implement a simple progress bar that gives an idea about how much task has been completed by the script or how much the script has executed. To implement it, we only need to use the echo" command with the following options and a backslash-escaped character.
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At times, we need to write shell scripts that are interactive and user executing them need to monitor the progress. For such requirements, we can implement a simple progress bar that gives an idea about how much task has been completed by the script or how much the script has executed. To implement it, we only need to use the echo" command with the following options and a backslash-escaped character.
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