sub run_with_progress { print q{-} x 60, qq{\nStarting ...\n}; my ($cmd, $skip) = @_; die q{Nothing to run!} unless $cmd; $skip ||= 25; # Arbitrary use Term::Spinner; my $spinner = Term::Spinner::->new(); print q{Running: }; for (0 .. 1000) { system $cmd and die qq{'$cmd' failed! $? : $!}; $spinner->advance() if not $_ % $skip; } $spinner->finish(); print qq{\nFinished.\n}; undef $spinner; return; }