Batch file progress percentage

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How can I show the progress of a long running operation in windows batch (cmd) file in percentage? Can you share some example code?

Yes agreed. It should be easy if you can break down your operation into discrete steps. See my answer for more information. — Sandeep Datta, Mar 29 '16 at 10:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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Here is how...

Note: This code is a slightly modified version of this answer.

@echo off

for /f %%a in ('copy /Z "%~dpf0" nul') do set "CR=%%a"

FOR /L %%n in (1,1,10) DO (
    call :show_progress %%n 10
    ping localhost -n 2 > nul
)

echo Done!
exit /b

:show_progress
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set current_step=%1
set total_steps=%2
set /a "progress=(current_step * 100) / total_steps"

set /p ".=Progress: !progress!%%!CR!" <nul

if !progress! equ 100 echo.

exit /b

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Mar 29 '16 at 10:12

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I recommend to state `if !progress! EQU 100` to do a true numeric comparison as `==` forces string comparison... – aschipfl Mar 29 '16 at 10:21
Just saying it is good coding practice to match every `setlocal` with an `endlocal` for readability. @SandeepDatta that is a interesting that `!cr!`puts the carriage return stored in variable into the output stream but `%cr%` does not. Do you know why the latter does not work? – Skip R Apr 02 '16 at 20:06
@SkipR See following link for an explanation of why sometimes ! is needed instead of %: http://ss64.com/nt/delayedexpansion.html – Sandeep Datta Apr 03 '16 at 06:07
Changing code to `set /p ".=Progress: %progress%%%!CR!" – Skip R Apr 03 '16 at 22:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 11 '21 at 17:22

An example would be scanning a large file/database, showing progress instead of a blinking cursor, for ages!

set c=<no. of lines in file>
for /l %i in (1,1,%c%) do cls & set /p="Scanning for target ... "<nul & (set /a per=%i00/%c% >nul & echo !per!%)& ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2 > nul & REM when target found, send agents to greet
echo Complete.

The code in brackets () are for progress percentage.

Tested in Win 10 CmD>

Batch file progress percentage

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