cpubench.sh

function start_progress {
  while true
  do
    echo -ne "#"
    sleep 1
  done
}
function stop_progress {
kill $1
wait $1 2>/dev/null
echo -en "\n"
}

tar_file=tarfile

echo -n "     PROCESSING CPU PERFORMANCE "
    dd if=/dev/urandom of=$tar_file bs=1024 count=25000 >>/dev/null 2>&1
    start_progress &
    pid="$!"
    tf=$( (/usr/bin/time -f "%es" tar cfj $tar_file.bz2 $tar_file) 2>&1 )
    stop_progress "$pid"
    rm -f tarfile*

echo $tf