Using a bash only script, how can you provide a bash progress indicator?
So I can run a command form bash, and while that command is executing let the user know that something is still happening.
In this example using SCP, I'm demonstrating how to grab the process id (pid) and then do something while that process is running.
This displays a simple spinnng icon.
/usr/bin/scp [email protected]:file somewhere 2>/dev/null &
pid=$! # Process Id of the previous running command
spin[0]="-"
spin[1]="\\"
spin[2]="|"
spin[3]="/"
echo -n "[copying] ${spin[0]}"
while [ kill -0 $pid ]
do
for i in "${spin[@]}"
do
echo -ne "\b$i"
sleep 0.1
done
done
William Pursell's solution
/usr/bin/scp [email protected]:file somewhere 2>/dev/null &
pid=$! # Process Id of the previous running command
spin='-\|/'
i=0
while kill -0 $pid 2>/dev/null
do
i=$(( (i+1) %4 ))
printf "\r${spin:$i:1}"
sleep .1
done