Term::ProgressBar::IO(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Term::ProgressBar::IO(3pm)

Term::ProgressBar::IO -- Display a progress bar while reading from a seekable filehandle

  my $pb = Term::ProgressBar::IO->new($fh);
  while (<$fh>) {
      # do something
      $pb->update();
  }

Displays a progress bar using Term::ProgressBar which corresponds to reading from a filehandle.

This module inherits from Term::ProgressBar and has all of its options.

None known.

Create and return a new Term::ProgressBar::IO instance.

A valid filehandle or item count. IO::Uncompress filehandles are also properly handled.
All other arguments are documented in Term::ProgressBar

Automatically update the progress bar based on the position of the filehandle given at construction time.

Current progress point; this defaults to the current position of the filehandle. [You probably don't actually want to ever give this.]
2022-10-09 perl v5.36.0