progress bar

sakthi.abdullah · #1 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006

Hi all,
I want to print # like that in a progress bar..
For e.g We can notice that during installation ... but,how to do that?

Thnx,
sakthi.

Corona688 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006

If you already have access to the information needed to estimate progress, you can use echo -n "#" to print # characters without a trailing newline.

blowtorch · #3 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006

If you aren't using bash/Linux, use

Code:

echo "#\c"

Ygor · #4 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006

printf "#" is more portable

sakthi.abdullah · #5 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006

Got it!
i=40
while [ $i -ge 0 ]
do
echo "#\c"
sleep 0.004
i=`expr $i - 1`
done

Thnx for all

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