$ perl -e '#!/usr/bin/perl > use warnings; > use strict; > > my $count = 42; > my $completed = 6; > > notify_progress(); > $completed = 7; > notify_progress(); > > sub notify_progress { > print "Processing: ", $count, " files to process ; ", $completed, " files completed\n"; > }' Processing: 42 files to process ; 6 files completed Processing: 42 files to process ; 7 files completed