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Yet another PowerShell inline progress bar
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| function Show-Progress { | |
| param ( | |
| [scriptblock] $scriptblock, | |
| [int] $width, | |
| [consolecolor] $color, | |
| [string] $type, # growth | fill | bounce | tide | |
| [switch] $passthru | |
| ) | |
| if (-not $scriptblock) {return} | |
| if ($width -lt 1) {$width = 10} | |
| if ([Console]::CursorLeft + $width -ge [Console]::WindowWidth) { | |
| return Measure-Command -Expression $scriptblock -ErrorAction 0 | |
| } | |
| if ($type -notmatch 'growth|fill|bounce|tide') {$type = 'growth','fill','bounce','tide' | Get-Random} | |
| $pipeUI = [hashtable]::Synchronized(@{}) | |
| $pipeUI.x,$pipeUI.y = [Console]::CursorLeft,[Console]::CursorTop | |
| $pipeUI.width = $width | |
| if ($null -ne $color) {$pipeUI.color = $color} | |
| $pipeUI.type = $type | |
| $rsjob = [runspacefactory]::CreateRunspace() | |
| $rsjob.ApartmentState = "STA" | |
| $rsjob.ThreadOptions = "ReuseThread" | |
| $rsjob.Open() | |
| $rsjob.SessionStateProxy.SetVariable("pipeUI", $pipeUI) | |
| $pipeUI.psThread = [powershell]::Create().AddScript({ | |
| $start = [datetime]::now | |
| $pipeUI.running = $true | |
| $width = $pipeUI.width | |
| $count = if ($pipeUI.type -eq 'tide') {0} else {1} | |
| $dir = 1 # from left to rigth | |
| $fill = '░' | |
| $cursor = '▓' | |
| $format = "{0,$(-$width-1)}" | |
| $sleep = if ($pipeUI.type -eq 'bounce') {100} else {120} | |
| [Console]::CursorVisible = $false | |
| [Console]::SetCursorPosition($pipeUI.x,$pipeUI.y) | |
| $fg = [Console]::ForegroundColor | |
| if ($pipeUI.color) {[Console]::ForegroundColor = $pipeUI.color} | |
| while ($pipeUI.running) { | |
| Start-Sleep -Milliseconds $sleep | |
| if ($pipeUI.type -eq 'bounce') { | |
| if ($dir -eq 1) { | |
| [Console]::Write($fill*($count-1)) | |
| [Console]::Write($cursor) | |
| [Console]::Write($fill*($width-$count)) | |
| [Console]::SetCursorPosition($pipeUI.x,$pipeUI.y) | |
| $count++ | |
| if ($count -gt $width) {$count--; $dir = 0} | |
| } else { | |
| [Console]::Write($fill*($count-1)) | |
| [Console]::Write($cursor) | |
| [Console]::Write($fill*($width-$count)) | |
| [Console]::SetCursorPosition($pipeUI.x,$pipeUI.y) | |
| $count-- | |
| if ($count -eq 0) {$count++; $dir = 1} | |
| } | |
| } elseif ($pipeUI.type -eq 'tide') { | |
| if ($dir -eq 1) { | |
| [Console]::Write($cursor*$count) | |
| [Console]::Write($fill*($width-$count)) | |
| [Console]::SetCursorPosition($pipeUI.x,$pipeUI.y) | |
| $count++ | |
| if ($count -gt $width) {$count--; $dir = 0} | |
| } else { | |
| [Console]::Write($cursor*$count) | |
| [Console]::Write($fill*($width-$count)) | |
| [Console]::SetCursorPosition($pipeUI.x,$pipeUI.y) | |
| $count-- | |
| if ($count -eq -1) {$count++; $dir = 1} | |
| } | |
| } elseif ($pipeUI.type -eq 'growth') { | |
| [Console]::Write($format,$cursor*$count) | |
| [Console]::SetCursorPosition($pipeUI.x,$pipeUI.y) | |
| $count++ | |
| if ($count -gt $width) {$count = 1} | |
| } else { # fill | |
| [Console]::Write($cursor*$count) | |
| [Console]::Write($fill*($width-$count)) | |
| [Console]::SetCursorPosition($pipeUI.x,$pipeUI.y) | |
| $count++ | |
| if ($count -gt $width) {$count = 1} | |
| } | |
| } | |
| $pipeUI.runtime = [datetime]::now - $start | |
| # cleanup | |
| if ($pipeUI.type -eq 'growth') { | |
| [Console]::Write($format,' '*$width) | |
| } else { | |
| [Console]::Write(' '*$width) | |
| } | |
| if ([Console]::ForegroundColor -ne $fg) {[Console]::ForegroundColor = $fg} | |
| [Console]::SetCursorPosition($pipeUI.x,$pipeUI.y) | |
| [Console]::CursorVisible = $true | |
| }) | |
| $pipeUI.psThread.Runspace = $rsjob | |
| $pipeUI.handle = $pipeUI.psThread.BeginInvoke() | |
| $null = & $scriptblock | |
| $pipeUI.running = $false | |
| while (-not $pipeUI.handle.IsCompleted) {[System.Threading.Thread]::Sleep(40)} | |
| $null = $pipeUI.psThread.EndInvoke($pipeUI.handle) | |
| $pipeUI.psThread.Runspace.Close() | |
| $pipeUI.psThread.Runspace.Dispose() | |
| $pipeUI.psThread.Dispose() | |
| $pipeUI.psThread = $null | |
| if ($passthru) {$pipeUI.runtime} | |
| } # END Show-Progress | |
| Write-Host 'Long running script... ' -NoNewline | |
| (Show-Progress {Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 7388} -passthru -type bounce -color Yellow).TotalMilliseconds |
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