A slightly verbose example shows %completion as it runs 
#! /usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use File::Copy;
my $tot = 0;
my $SIZE_IND=7;
my $smallest=2000000000;
my $newLocation="/tmp";
my $some_dir = "/home/drew/temp";
opendir(DIR, $some_dir) || die "can't opendir" ;
my @stats;
my @dots;
my $some_dir;
my %dirFiles;
@dots = readdir(DIR);
my %fileSizes;
for (my $file=0;$file <= $#dots;$file++) {
  if (($dots[$file] eq ".") || ($dots[$file] eq "..") ||
    ($dots[$file] =~ /^[        ]+$/) || (-d $dots[$file])) {
    next;
  }
    $dirFiles{$dots[$file]} = 1;;
  @stats = stat $dots[$file];
  $fileSizes{$dots[$file]} = $stats[$SIZE_IND];
  $tot += $stats[$SIZE_IND];
  if ($stats[$SIZE_IND]) {
    $smallest = ($smallest < $stats[$SIZE_IND])?$stats[$SIZE_IND]:$sma
+llest;
  }
}
print "\n\r";
my $totPercent = 0.0;
$tot.=".00";
print "\n\r";
$|=1;
foreach my $file (keys(%dirFiles)) {
  copy($file, "/tmp/$file");
  $fileSizes{$file}.=".1";
  my $curPercent = ($fileSizes{$file}/$tot) * 100.0;
  $totPercent += $curPercent;
  printf STDERR "%2.2f%% complete\r", $totPercent;
  sleep 1;
}

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In reply to Re: Copying a directory and its contents wihile displaying a progress bar by Illuminatus
in thread Copying a directory and its contents wihile displaying a progress bar by bittis

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