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bash spinner for indefinite progress
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
spinner_abort() { | |
[ -n "$SPINNER_PID" ] && kill $SPINNER_PID | |
echo -e '\033[?25h' | |
exit 0 | |
} | |
spinner_loop() { | |
while true; do | |
let 'SPINNER_INDEX=++SPINNER_INDEX % SPINNER_LENGTH' | |
echo -en "${SPINNER_FRAMES[$SPINNER_INDEX]}\033[1D" | |
sleep 0.1 | |
done | |
} | |
spinner_start() { | |
SPINNER_FRAMES=(⠋ ⠙ ⠹ ⠸ ⠼ ⠴ ⠦ ⠧ ⠇ ⠏) | |
SPINNER_INDEX=0 | |
SPINNER_LENGTH=${#SPINNER_FRAMES[@]} | |
trap spinner_abort SIGINT | |
echo -en '\033[?25l' | |
spinner_loop & | |
SPINNER_PID=$! | |
} | |
spinner_stop() { | |
kill $SPINNER_PID &> /dev/null | |
wait $SPINNER_PID &> /dev/null | |
echo -e '\033[?25h' | |
} | |
spinner_start | |
# do some work | |
sleep 2 | |
spinner_stop |
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