An example of emulating a progress bar in console application using c#

ConsoleProgressBar.cs

# Copied from https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/5255878/A-Console-Progress-Bar-in-Csharp

using System;

namespace CU
{
    static class ConsoleUtility
    {
        const char _block = '■';
        const string _back = "\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b";
        const string _twirl = "-\\|/";
        public static void WriteProgressBar(int percent, bool update = false)
        {
            if(update)
                Console.Write(_back);
            Console.Write("[");
            var p = (int)((percent / 10f)+.5f);
            for (var i = 0;i<10;++i)
            {
                if (i >= p)
                    Console.Write(' ');
                else
                    Console.Write(_block);
            }
            Console.Write("] {0,3:##0}%", percent);    
        }
        public static void WriteProgress(int progress, bool update = false)
        {
            if (update)
                Console.Write("\b");
            Console.Write(_twirl[progress % _twirl.Length]);
        }
    }
}