How to make a countdown timer in bash.

Posted by savona on Feb 17, 2019 11:29 PM EDT
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In this tutorial we will show you how to make three versions of a countdown timer in bash. We start with a simple countdown timer, then progress to a more colorful version, and finally a fancy version which uses tput for screen coloring and cursor positioning. This is an excellent way to display time left on script with a long wait period.

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