NAME
shtool prop - GNU shtool propeller processing indication
SYNOPSIS
shtool prop
[-p|--prefix str]
DESCRIPTION
This command displays a processing indication though a running
propeller. It is intended to be run at the end of a pipe ("CW|")
sequence where on CWstdin logging/processing informations found. For
every line on CWstdin the propeller advances one step clock-wise.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
"-p,
Set a particular prefix str which is displayed in front of the
propeller. The default is no prefix string.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
configure 2>&1 | tee logfile | shtool prop -p "Configuring sources"
HISTORY
The \s-1GNU\s0 shtool prop command was originally written by Ralf S.
Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 1998 for mod_ssl. It was
later taken over into \s-1GNU\s0 shtool.
SEE ALSO
shtool(1).
