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How do I create a fake process bar?
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Fake Progress Bar
This progress bar uses real data in /bin directory which everyone has. The script can be “dumbed down” to suit your fake needs. Or it can be expanded for a real life application:
It uses yad which is a super-charged version of zenity the default GUI used in the terminal. To install yad use:
sudo apt install yad
Here’s the code:
#!/bin/bash
# NAME: yad-progress-bar
# PATH: /mnt/e/bin
# DESC: Display yad progress bar % with names.
# DATE: Apr 23, 2018. Modified Oct 18, 2019.
Source="/bin"
Title="Processing files for: $Source"
Count=0
AllFiles=$(ls $Source/* | wc -l)
for f in "$Source"/* ; do
echo "#$f" # Display file name in progress bar.
Count=$(( $Count + 1 ))
Percent=$(( Count * 100 / AllFiles ))
echo $Percent # Display percent complete in progress bar.
sleep .025
done | yad --progress --auto-close \
--width=500 --height=300 \
--title="$Title" --enable-log "Current filename" \
--log-expanded --log-height=250 \
--log-on-top --percentage=0 \
--no-cancel --center