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Old 04-25-2010
Error Just want to show wget progress bar
I have been developing a download manager bash script recently using wget.
while downloading a file, the user interface is something like

Code:
downloading: DSCF0599.JPG ...
--09:30:42--  http://xxx.xxx/DSCF0599.JPG
           => `/home/rastacre/Downloads/DSCF0599.JPG'
Resolving xxx.xxx... xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
Connecting to xxx.xxx|xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1,614,820 (1.5M) [image/jpeg]

19% [======>                              ] 614,424      173.62K/s    ETA 00:14


Now, i just want to show the progress bar, something like
Code:
downloading: DSCF0599.JPG ...
19% [======>                              ] 614,424      173.62K/s    ETA 00:14

Is it even possible ? Smilie
If not, are there any alternative ways to show a progress bar, while downloading.
# 2  
Old 04-26-2010
pipe the output to head or tail, and try achieving your requirement.
# 3  
Old 04-26-2010
I tried redirecting STDERR to STDOUT using 2>&1 and then piped through tail, but the output wasn't a live progress bar and instead something like
Code:
  5050K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 92% 1.34M 0s
  5100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 93% 1.38M 0s
  5150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 94% 1.58M 0s
  5200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 95% 1.56M 0s
  5250K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 96%  751K 0s
  5300K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 97% 1.18M 0s
  5350K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 98% 1.15M 0s
  5400K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 99%  626K 0s
  5450K .......... .......... .......... .......              100%  919K=4.9s

Anyways, thanks for your reply.
Moreover, i also found a good alternative way to show a progress bar while downloading is to use curl

Code:
 curl -# -o down.mp3 "http://site.com/down.mp3"
######################################################################## 100.0%

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