Progressbar in bash to visualize the time to wait
In a bash script sometimes you need the user to wait some seconds for a background process to finish.
I usually use for example:
sleep 10
How can I add a kind of progressbar to the script, so the user knows how long to wait?
I installed the command bar but I don't understand the manual.
bash programming
asked Sep 30 '13 at 4:25
rubo77rubo77
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In a bash script sometimes you need the user to wait some seconds for a background process to finish.
I usually use for example:
sleep 10
How can I add a kind of progressbar to the script, so the user knows how long to wait?
I installed the command bar but I don't understand the manual.
bash programming
asked Sep 30 '13 at 4:25
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
Bash FAQ 44
– jasonwryan
Sep 30 '13 at 5:18
I saw that, but it is only usable for copying files. In that case, I added another answer below
– rubo77
Sep 30 '13 at 5:28
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In a bash script sometimes you need the user to wait some seconds for a background process to finish.
I usually use for example:
sleep 10
How can I add a kind of progressbar to the script, so the user knows how long to wait?
I installed the command bar but I don't understand the manual.
bash programming
asked Sep 30 '13 at 4:25
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
In a bash script sometimes you need the user to wait some seconds for a background process to finish.
I usually use for example:
sleep 10
How can I add a kind of progressbar to the script, so the user knows how long to wait?
I installed the command bar but I don't understand the manual.
bash programming
bash programming
asked Sep 30 '13 at 4:25
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
asked Sep 30 '13 at 4:25
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
edited Jun 8 '14 at 16:41
rubo77
asked Sep 30 '13 at 4:25
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
asked Sep 30 '13 at 4:25
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
asked Sep 30 '13 at 4:25
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
7,4622571133
Bash FAQ 44
– jasonwryan
Sep 30 '13 at 5:18
I saw that, but it is only usable for copying files. In that case, I added another answer below
– rubo77
Sep 30 '13 at 5:28
add a comment |
Bash FAQ 44
– jasonwryan
Sep 30 '13 at 5:18
I saw that, but it is only usable for copying files. In that case, I added another answer below
– rubo77
Sep 30 '13 at 5:28
Bash FAQ 44
– jasonwryan
Sep 30 '13 at 5:18
Bash FAQ 44
– jasonwryan
Sep 30 '13 at 5:18
I saw that, but it is only usable for copying files. In that case, I added another answer below
– rubo77
Sep 30 '13 at 5:28
I saw that, but it is only usable for copying files. In that case, I added another answer below
– rubo77
Sep 30 '13 at 5:28
add a comment |
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while true;do echo -n .;sleep 1;done &
sleep 10 # or do something else here
kill $!; trap 'kill $!' SIGTERM
echo done
this will start an infinite while loop that echos a spinner every second, executed in the background.
Instead of the sleep10 command run any command you want.
When that command finishes executing this will kill the last job running in the background (which is the infinite while loop)
source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/16348366/1069083
You can use various while loops instead, e.g. a spinner like this:
while :;do for s in / - \ |; do printf "r$s";sleep 1;done;done
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:10
rubo77rubo77
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This should be enough to get you started:
#!/bin/bash
for i in {001..100}; do
sleep 1
printf "r $i"
done
Using the r escape sequence returns the line to the start without a newline. This allows you to update the output without having hundreds of lines of output. By using this base, you could find a way to slowly print out an arrow such as =>25% ==>50% ===>75% instead of simply printing a number out. You could do this in a very basic way by using if-then logic to print out a specific number of ='s depending on the size of the number.
answered Sep 30 '13 at 4:47
bntserbntser
355129
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In case you want to see the progress of a file-copy process, you can simply use
pv source_file > destination_file
or
rsync --progress source_file destination_file
instead of the cp command
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:23
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
add a comment |
Here's one using cursor movements that will rewrite the line in order to show a countdown:
c=5 # seconds to wait
REWRITE="e[25De[1Ae[K"
echo "Starting..."
while [ $c -gt 0 ]; do
c=$((c-1))
sleep 1
echo -e "${REWRITE}$c"
done
echo -e "${REWRITE}Done."
edited Sep 30 '13 at 10:26
rubo77
7,4622571133
answered Sep 30 '13 at 8:03
SuprSupr
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while true;do echo -n .;sleep 1;done &
sleep 10 # or do something else here
kill $!; trap 'kill $!' SIGTERM
echo done
this will start an infinite while loop that echos a spinner every second, executed in the background.
Instead of the sleep10 command run any command you want.
When that command finishes executing this will kill the last job running in the background (which is the infinite while loop)
source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/16348366/1069083
You can use various while loops instead, e.g. a spinner like this:
while :;do for s in / - \ |; do printf "r$s";sleep 1;done;done
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:10
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
add a comment |
while true;do echo -n .;sleep 1;done &
sleep 10 # or do something else here
kill $!; trap 'kill $!' SIGTERM
echo done
this will start an infinite while loop that echos a spinner every second, executed in the background.
Instead of the sleep10 command run any command you want.
When that command finishes executing this will kill the last job running in the background (which is the infinite while loop)
source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/16348366/1069083
You can use various while loops instead, e.g. a spinner like this:
while :;do for s in / - \ |; do printf "r$s";sleep 1;done;done
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:10
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
add a comment |
while true;do echo -n .;sleep 1;done &
sleep 10 # or do something else here
kill $!; trap 'kill $!' SIGTERM
echo done
this will start an infinite while loop that echos a spinner every second, executed in the background.
Instead of the sleep10 command run any command you want.
When that command finishes executing this will kill the last job running in the background (which is the infinite while loop)
source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/16348366/1069083
You can use various while loops instead, e.g. a spinner like this:
while :;do for s in / - \ |; do printf "r$s";sleep 1;done;done
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:10
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
while true;do echo -n .;sleep 1;done &
sleep 10 # or do something else here
kill $!; trap 'kill $!' SIGTERM
echo done
this will start an infinite while loop that echos a spinner every second, executed in the background.
Instead of the sleep10 command run any command you want.
When that command finishes executing this will kill the last job running in the background (which is the infinite while loop)
source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/16348366/1069083
You can use various while loops instead, e.g. a spinner like this:
while :;do for s in / - \ |; do printf "r$s";sleep 1;done;done
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:10
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
edited Dec 30 '18 at 3:47
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:10
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:10
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:10
rubo77rubo77
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This should be enough to get you started:
#!/bin/bash
for i in {001..100}; do
sleep 1
printf "r $i"
done
Using the r escape sequence returns the line to the start without a newline. This allows you to update the output without having hundreds of lines of output. By using this base, you could find a way to slowly print out an arrow such as =>25% ==>50% ===>75% instead of simply printing a number out. You could do this in a very basic way by using if-then logic to print out a specific number of ='s depending on the size of the number.
answered Sep 30 '13 at 4:47
bntserbntser
355129
add a comment |
This should be enough to get you started:
#!/bin/bash
for i in {001..100}; do
sleep 1
printf "r $i"
done
Using the r escape sequence returns the line to the start without a newline. This allows you to update the output without having hundreds of lines of output. By using this base, you could find a way to slowly print out an arrow such as =>25% ==>50% ===>75% instead of simply printing a number out. You could do this in a very basic way by using if-then logic to print out a specific number of ='s depending on the size of the number.
answered Sep 30 '13 at 4:47
bntserbntser
355129
add a comment |
This should be enough to get you started:
#!/bin/bash
for i in {001..100}; do
sleep 1
printf "r $i"
done
Using the r escape sequence returns the line to the start without a newline. This allows you to update the output without having hundreds of lines of output. By using this base, you could find a way to slowly print out an arrow such as =>25% ==>50% ===>75% instead of simply printing a number out. You could do this in a very basic way by using if-then logic to print out a specific number of ='s depending on the size of the number.
answered Sep 30 '13 at 4:47
bntserbntser
355129
This should be enough to get you started:
#!/bin/bash
for i in {001..100}; do
sleep 1
printf "r $i"
done
Using the r escape sequence returns the line to the start without a newline. This allows you to update the output without having hundreds of lines of output. By using this base, you could find a way to slowly print out an arrow such as =>25% ==>50% ===>75% instead of simply printing a number out. You could do this in a very basic way by using if-then logic to print out a specific number of ='s depending on the size of the number.
answered Sep 30 '13 at 4:47
bntserbntser
355129
answered Sep 30 '13 at 4:47
bntserbntser
355129
answered Sep 30 '13 at 4:47
bntserbntser
355129
answered Sep 30 '13 at 4:47
bntserbntser
355129
355129
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add a comment |
In case you want to see the progress of a file-copy process, you can simply use
pv source_file > destination_file
or
rsync --progress source_file destination_file
instead of the cp command
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:23
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
add a comment |
In case you want to see the progress of a file-copy process, you can simply use
pv source_file > destination_file
or
rsync --progress source_file destination_file
instead of the cp command
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:23
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
add a comment |
In case you want to see the progress of a file-copy process, you can simply use
pv source_file > destination_file
or
rsync --progress source_file destination_file
instead of the cp command
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:23
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
In case you want to see the progress of a file-copy process, you can simply use
pv source_file > destination_file
or
rsync --progress source_file destination_file
instead of the cp command
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:23
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:23
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:23
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
answered Sep 30 '13 at 5:23
rubo77rubo77
7,4622571133
7,4622571133
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add a comment |
Here's one using cursor movements that will rewrite the line in order to show a countdown:
c=5 # seconds to wait
REWRITE="e[25De[1Ae[K"
echo "Starting..."
while [ $c -gt 0 ]; do
c=$((c-1))
sleep 1
echo -e "${REWRITE}$c"
done
echo -e "${REWRITE}Done."
edited Sep 30 '13 at 10:26
rubo77
7,4622571133
answered Sep 30 '13 at 8:03
SuprSupr
1414
add a comment |
Here's one using cursor movements that will rewrite the line in order to show a countdown:
c=5 # seconds to wait
REWRITE="e[25De[1Ae[K"
echo "Starting..."
while [ $c -gt 0 ]; do
c=$((c-1))
sleep 1
echo -e "${REWRITE}$c"
done
echo -e "${REWRITE}Done."
edited Sep 30 '13 at 10:26
rubo77
7,4622571133
answered Sep 30 '13 at 8:03
SuprSupr
1414
add a comment |
Here's one using cursor movements that will rewrite the line in order to show a countdown:
c=5 # seconds to wait
REWRITE="e[25De[1Ae[K"
echo "Starting..."
while [ $c -gt 0 ]; do
c=$((c-1))
sleep 1
echo -e "${REWRITE}$c"
done
echo -e "${REWRITE}Done."
edited Sep 30 '13 at 10:26
rubo77
7,4622571133
answered Sep 30 '13 at 8:03
SuprSupr
1414
Here's one using cursor movements that will rewrite the line in order to show a countdown:
c=5 # seconds to wait
REWRITE="e[25De[1Ae[K"
echo "Starting..."
while [ $c -gt 0 ]; do
c=$((c-1))
sleep 1
echo -e "${REWRITE}$c"
done
echo -e "${REWRITE}Done."
edited Sep 30 '13 at 10:26
rubo77
7,4622571133
answered Sep 30 '13 at 8:03
SuprSupr
1414
edited Sep 30 '13 at 10:26
rubo77
7,4622571133
edited Sep 30 '13 at 10:26
rubo77
7,4622571133
edited Sep 30 '13 at 10:26
rubo77
7,4622571133
7,4622571133
answered Sep 30 '13 at 8:03
SuprSupr
1414
answered Sep 30 '13 at 8:03
SuprSupr
1414
answered Sep 30 '13 at 8:03
SuprSupr
1414
1414
add a comment |
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Bash FAQ 44
– jasonwryan
Sep 30 '13 at 5:18
I saw that, but it is only usable for copying files. In that case, I added another answer below
– rubo77
Sep 30 '13 at 5:28