Gentoo Linux Portage Cursor

Replicate the [portage package management] (https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Portage) cursor for Linux commands.

Usage:

Simple bash script that will run any command in the background and write out a spinning cursor while the program runs. Note your command runs as is and stdout, stderr is left untouched.

Examples:

basic example.

./portage_cursor.sh sleep 10

throwing away your program's stdout/stderr so you can watch the cursor

./portage_cursor.sh sleep 10 ; echo "hello" &> /dev/null

preserving your program's stdout/stderr to a file

./portage_cursor.sh ( sleep 10 ; echo "hello" ) &> output.txt