Xdialog or gtk-dialog progress bar for functions (bash)

[linus.cl]

Hello!

I need a progress bar for a function in my bash script.
How can I do this with Xdialog or gtk-dialog?

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myfunction () {
  ...
  ...
}
myfunction

Thank you!

[Scooby]

I need a progress bar for a function in my bash script.
How can I do this with Xdialog or gtk-dialog?

You could check out project pmusic

it includes pmusic-4.4.1/usr/local/pmusic/box_progress

Which can be used as a model for a progressbar in gtkdialog.

I believe you have to yourself calculate the progress increments.

[jamesbond]

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#!/bin/sh

rm -f /tmp/f
mkfifo /tmp/f
sleep 1000000 > /tmp/f &
SLEEPER=$!
Xdialog --gauge "original text" 0 0 < /tmp/f &
XPID=$!

out() {
	kill -0 $XPID 2>/dev/null &&
	echo "$1" > /tmp/f
}

newtext() {
	out XXX
	out "$1"
	out XXX
}

### main
sleep 1 # just to show original text
for p in $(seq 0 10 100); do
	out $p
	newtext "progress now at $p%"
	sleep 1	
done

# cleanup
kill $SLEEPER 
rm -f /tmp/f

Enjoy.

[linus.cl]

Thank you, jamesbond!

It is working now!