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PetaMem has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi,

I would like to add some nifty progress-bar-show-status information to my app, which at the moment has only a CLI (Web-frontend and other GUIs planned). How do I a simple

'|' -> '/' -> '-' -> '\'  (and then start again)

or some kind of

(0%..........50%..........100%)
Donīt get me wrong, I know how to print the information (now
even using closures if you e.g. want to update only every x
actions), but I donīt know how to do it "right" and "clean" in
a terminal window.

Said that, I will try some backspace/escape-sequence hacking
but donīt consider it clean, as there can be several different
terminals and every one with itīs own escape-sequence definition
BTW: Isnīt there a module? :-)

Ciao