Term::P...sBar::IO(3)

hii bestie!! 💖 welcome to the Term::P...sBar::IO(3) page — yes, that's the manual name, and it's a User Contributed Perl Documentation moment. we're gonna make it make sense, no cap. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

Term::ProgressBar::IO — display a progress bar while reading from a seekable filehandle. it's giving "watch the bytes go by" energy. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so the whole setup is literally this, bestie:

my $pb = Term::ProgressBar::IO->new($fh);

while (<$fh>) {
    # do something
    $pb->update();
}

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

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. periodt. 👑

💀 BUGS 💀

None known. literally none — we love a clean vibe check. ✨

🎀 METHODS 🎀

💖 new 💖

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

ARGUMENTS

• count — a valid filehandle or item count. IO::Uncompress filehandles are also properly handled. 🍓
• OTHER ARGUMENTS — all other arguments are documented in Term::ProgressBar. iykyk. 💜

🌟 update 🌟

Automatically update the progress bar based on the position of the filehandle given at construction time. the way it just knows?? iconic. 💅

ARGUMENTS

• so_far — current progress point; this defaults to the current position of the filehandle. [You probably don't actually want to ever give this.] 🙈

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okay bye bestie!! this page is from perl v5.42.0, dated 2022-10-09, and it's the Term::P...sBar::IO(3) manual page — mwah 💋