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Mehedi Hasan Remon
Mehedi Hasan Remon

Reputation: 31

Get realtime code execution update with bash

In general, we see programs running and showing from how long it running in realtime

example [#] Scanning is running from 1min 30sec

The value will keep change dynamically untill the script complete.

How can we do it in bash !

Upvotes: 1

Views: 102

Answers (1)

glenn jackman
glenn jackman

Reputation: 247012

By using printf with a carriage return but no newline

count=0
SECONDS=0
while ((count < 10)); do
    # computation code goes here
    # just use a sleep for demonstration
    sleep 1

    printf "\rRunning for %d seconds" $SECONDS
    ((count++))
done
echo # just to add a newline in the output

SECONDS is a special variable in bash

Upvotes: 1

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