do{ progress_bar( $_, 100, 25, '=' ); sleep 1 } for 1..100; sub progress_bar { my ( $got, $total, $width, $char ) = @_; $width ||= 25; $char ||= '='; my $num_width = length $total; local $| = 1; printf "|%-${width}s| Got %${num_width}s bytes of %s (%.2f%%)\r", $char x (($width-1)*$got/$total). '>', $got, $total, 100*$got/$total; }