From: "darenbell@..." <darenbell@...>
Date: 2006-11-08T01:00:09+09:00
Subject: How to make a cycling counter from commandline?

Hi, I'm looking for a way to implement this idea:


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count=1
total=15

until count>total
  print "Record #{count} of #{total} processed."
  count+=1
end
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I want this to print out in a Linux shell.  However, I'd prefer it if
there was a way to have this counter increment without printing a new
line.  As in, from the user's perspective the 'count' would just
increment until it matched the total... all taking place on the same
line.

I know I've seen this done, but can Ruby do this?