progress bar

progress.py

# gleaned from http://stackoverflow.com/a/3160819/1243487

import sys, time

def make_progressbar(toolbar_width):

    fspace = "-" * toolbar_width
    sys.stdout.write("[" + fspace + "]")
    sys.stdout.flush()
    sys.stdout.write("\b" * (toolbar_width + 1))

    for i in fspace:
        time.sleep(0.1)
        sys.stdout.write("|")
        sys.stdout.flush()

    sys.stdout.write("\n")

make_progressbar(44)