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Your need made me think of something like a progress bar.
You might have a look at Term::ProgressBar.

From doc:

Term::ProgressBar provides a simple progress bar on the terminal, to let the user know that something is happening, roughly how much stuff has been done, and maybe an estimate at how long remains.

hth,
PooLpi

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