From: Jan Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2006-11-08T01:15:58+09:00
Subject: Re: How to make a cycling counter from commandline?

On 11/7/06, darenbell@gmail.com <darenbell@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I'm looking for a way to implement this idea:
>
>
> -------------------------------------
> count=1
> total=15
>
> until count>total
>   print "Record #{count} of #{total} processed."
>   count+=1
> end
> -------------------------------------
>
>
> 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?

Search the archives for count or counter. It was discussed last week or so.