Intro
I got sick of using dots to show simple script activity and progress. There didn't seem to be any modules which displayed activity and progress (at least not in the way I like), so I wrote my own.
Features
Supports three styles of progress display:
- Simple: Activity spinner on its own.
- Progress: Activity spinner, progress bar and percentage complete.
- Label: Activity spinner, user contributed text.
The Label's user contributed text can be anything you like. Eg: "Record: 13 of 150. A: 45. B: 10.45. C: 43.6%".
Screenshot
An exciting (?!) screenshot:
Above: Progress Bar on the left, Spinner and Percent Complete on the right. It only uses the part of the line beginning where you left off, and clears its content when it finishes. So you can finish up by reporting your own text message (in the screenshot example, "Done.").
Manual
The Manual has the details.
See demo.pl in the archive for working examples. It's commented (!).
License
BSD License.
Known Bugs
None known. Reports always welcome.
Download
PBar-0.06.zip (3509 Bytes) released on 2008-11-11. See Change log for more info.
For all Perl command-line platforms; Unix-like or Windows. (Tests OK on Windows with ActivePerl).