
zenity:tldr:80f38
zenity: Display a progress bar which updates its message every second and show a progress percent.
$ ${(echo "#1"; sleep 1; echo "50"; echo "#2"; sleep 1; echo "100")} | zenity --progress
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This command utilizes both the echo
and zenity
commands in combination with piping and the sleep
command.
Here is the breakdown of the command:
- The command
echo
is used to display the following text: "#1". - The
sleep
command pauses the execution for 1 second. - Another
echo
command displays the text "50". - A second
echo
command displays the text "#2". - Another
sleep
command pauses the execution for 1 second. - A final
echo
command displays the text "100". - The output of these echo commands is then piped using the
|
symbol to thezenity
command. zenity --progress
opens a progress dialog window using the Zenity tool.- The piped output from the previous commands is fed into the progress dialog window, displaying a progress bar that changes based on the values echoed above.
- The progress dialog window remains open until all the commands have been executed and their output has been processed by Zenity.
In essence, this command displays a progress bar dialog using Zenity and updates the progress bar values with the numbers echoed within the command.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.