[Windows][Windows Terminal] Control Windows Terminal's progress bar from batch file

ControlWindowsTerminalProgressBar.md

Default PowerShell

: Idle (default)
powershell -command " Write-Host -NoNewline ([char]27 + \"]9;4;3\" + [char]7) "

: WIP (rotation)
powershell -command " Write-Host -NoNewline ([char]27 + \"]9;4;0\" + [char]7) "

PowerShell7 (pwsh)

: Idle (default)
pwsh -command " Write-Host -NoNewline (\"`e]9;4;3`a\") "

: WIP (rotation)
pwsh -command " Write-Host -NoNewline (\"`e]9;4;0`a\") "

Pure batch file

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set "CUR_DIR=%CD%"
cd /d "%~dp0"

for /F %%E in ('forfiles /m %~nx0 /c "cmd /c echo 0x1b"') do set "_ESC=%%E"
for /F %%E in ('forfiles /m %~nx0 /c "cmd /c echo 0x07"') do set "_BELL=%%E"

cd /d "%CUR_DIR%"

echo WIP (rotation)
echo|set /p=%_ESC%]9;4;3%_BELL%

pause

echo Idle (default)
echo|set /p=%_ESC%]9;4;0%_BELL%

See also

• Set the progress bar in the Windows Terminal