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Progressbar in bash to visualize the time to wait

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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.
Asked by rubo77 (30435 rep)
Sep 30, 2013, 04:25 AM
Last activity: Jul 14, 2025, 07:27 PM