[nylug-talk] spinning slash

[Sunny Dubey]

On Friday 17 November 2006 14:14, Paul Robbins wrote:
> That's very straightforward. However, i am having difficulty converting it
> to ksh or sh so it is portable to my Unix boxes too.
>

CHARS="/ - \ |"

while true ; do
    for i in $CHARS
        do printf "\b${i}"
        # whatever command you want
        if  [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
            break
        fi
    done
done

Works on NetBSD's ash, 'nuff said.  (and zsh)

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