#! d:/perl/bin/perl -w use strict; $|++; my $min = 1; my $max = 100; while($min != $max) { sleep(1); StatusBar('before',$min,$max,25,'y','after'); $min++; } sub StatusBar { my $level; my $numdots; my $numblanks; my $pre=$_[0]; my $cur=int($_[1]); my $max=int($_[2]); my $size=int($_[3]); my $disp="$_[4]"; my $i; my $post=$_[5]; $level = $cur/$max; $numdots = int($level * $size); $numblanks = $size - $numdots; print $pre . "\t"; print " ["; for($i = 0; $i < $numdots; $i++) { print "."; } for($i = 0; $i < $numblanks; $i++) { print " "; } print "]"; if($disp ne "") { printf(" ($cur/$max, %3.2f%%)", (int($level*10000)/100)); } print " $post\r"; }