Spinner in bash¤
Sample spinner¤
function spinner() {
timeout=${1:-10}; shift
finish=$(($(date +%s) + ${timeout}))
spin="/-\|"
until [[ "$(date +%s)" -gt "${finish}" ]]; do
idx=$(($(date +%s) % 4))
echo -ne '\033[2K'
echo -ne "\r${spin:$idx:1} ${@}"
done
}
echo "Default (10sec)"
spinner
echo ""
echo "5 second"
spinner 5
echo ""
echo "5 second with text"
spinner 5 "Continue"
echo ""