print n hashmarks per x seconds of time elapsed via ts w epoch time

hashmarks.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Takes output from "ts %s" and prints hashmark / seconds_per_hash
# e.g. bash_command | ts %s > outfile ; ./hashmarks.py outfile

import sys

rtime = 0
line_time = 0
hashstring = ""
seconds_per_hash = 7 
gapstring = ""

with open(str(sys.argv[1])) as file:
    for line in file:
        last_line_time=line_time
        line_time=line.split(' ')[0]
        if last_line_time == 0:
            elapsed_time=0
        else:
            elapsed_time=int(line_time) - int(last_line_time)
        last_rtime = rtime
        rtime = int(elapsed_time / seconds_per_hash)
        if last_rtime != rtime:
            for i in range(len(hashstring)):
                gapstring = gapstring + " "
        for i in range(rtime):
            hashstring = hashstring + "#"
        if '#' in hashstring:
            print(gapstring, hashstring, end=' ')
        line = ' '.join(line.split(' ')[1:])
        print(elapsed_time, line[0:200].replace("\n", ""))
        hashstring.replace("#", "_")