curl/docs/cmdline-opts/progress-bar.md

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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Short: # Long: progress-bar Help: Display transfer progress as a bar Category: verbose global Added: 5.10 Multi: boolean Scope: global See-also:

• styled-output Example:
• -# -O $URL ---

--progress-bar

Make curl display transfer progress as a simple progress bar instead of the standard, more informational, meter.

This progress bar draws a single line of '#' characters across the screen and shows a percentage if the transfer size is known. For transfers without a known size, there is a space ship (-=o=-) that moves back and forth but only while data is being transferred, with a set of flying hash sign symbols on top.