A Basic "Spinner" in PowerShell

spinner.ps1

# Do some work
Write-Host "Doing some work"
$job = Start-Job {
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 5
}

# Spinner
$location = $Host.UI.RawUI.CursorPosition
$spinnerIcons = @(".  ", ".. ", "...")
$spinnerIconIndex = 0
[Console]::CursorVisible = $false
while($job.State -eq "Running") {
    [Console]::SetCursorPosition($location.X, $location.Y)
    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow $spinnerIcons[$spinnerIconIndex]
    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
    $spinnerIconIndex = ($spinnerIconIndex + 1) % $spinnerIcons.Count
}
[Console]::SetCursorPosition($location.X, $location.Y)
[Console]::CursorVisible = $true

# Continue work
Write-Host "Done"