manjaro:

If you're referring to using a console window and having the cursor spin, then I can help you out. The way we do that is to draw the cursor, erase it, redraw it in its next position, etc.

So first, you need to decide on the character sequence for your cursor. The most commonly used appears to be: - \ | /

You can erase the character by simply backspacing and drawing the next character.

So your program should perform some variation of the steps:

1) Draw the current cursor character.
2) Pause for a little while.
3) Backspace.
4) Choose the next cursor character.
5) Go back to step 1.
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Of course, you'll have to perform that sequence while doing whatever other tasks your program is doing. But this is a start.

Also, when you write the program, it may not appear to work, or work only in "bursts". To solve that problem, be sure to read Suffering from Buffering. If you need any more help, let us know.

...roboticus

Term::Spinner

Not sure, but maybe he's referring to the mouse cursor shape that GUIs often use to indicate that something is busy — formerly known as "hour glass" cursor, but having more recently been replaced with all kinds of animated other shapes, in an attempt to make GUIs look more stylish...

Note to the OP: never assume that people can read your mind and automagically will know what you're talking about... The shorter the question, the less context there is, and the more ambiguous terms often are for the reader.