Posted by Michael on 09/08/06 19:55

This makes me look like a noob but I always wondered what return did.
:)
adlerweb wrote:

> Just echo a \r
>
> echo "10%";
> echo "\r20%";
> echo "\r100%\n";
>
> should do the job
>
> Iain Adams schrieb:
> > Hey I want to be able to show a percentage complete number in a
> > terminal, such that when the percentage gets bigger it replaces the old
> > value on the terminal screen. At the moment I just echo the value and
> > in the terminal window the values appear 1 after the other. i.e
> > 123456789101112 but i want the new values to replace the old ones. Is
> > this possible
> >

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