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Asked: May 30, 20262026-05-30T11:18:31+00:00 2026-05-30T11:18:31+00:00

If we run a shell/perl/tcl script in Unix how can we display the percentage

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If we run a shell/perl/tcl script in Unix how can we display the percentage of execution in the mean time?

Example:

./scriptname
1% Completed the execution of script.pl
2% Completed the execution of script.pl
...
100% Completed the the execution of script.pl

and display the execution time taken for the script at the end.

Example output:

Execution time for script.pl is :50 Seconds
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    2026-05-30T11:18:33+00:00Added an answer on May 30, 2026 at 11:18 am

    In Perl, look at the Smart::Comments module.

    And for the elapsed time, simply take the delta of the time() at the beginning versus the end.

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