What are you using to create your progress bar? Have you tried Term::ProgressBar? Or maybe even CGI::ProgressBar? (If you want a CGI app, course.)

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
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H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)