Loading bar

loading-bar.bash

  1 #!/bin/bash                                                                 
  2 
  3 for i in {0..25}
  4         do
  5                 # printf prints command in the same line; echo does not
  6                 # first slash inform bash that the second one is simple sign
  7                 printf "\\"
  8                 # this command allows to clear the command line and start pr    inting from the begin
  9                 echo -ne "\r"
 10                 # do nothing for 0.15 second
 11                 sleep 0.15
 12                 printf "/"
 13                 echo -ne "\r"
 14                 sleep 0.15
 15                 printf "-"
 16                 echo -ne "\r"
 17                 sleep 0.15
 18         done
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