Hi, here is another simple gadget that you can use in combination with dzen. It is a general purpose progressbar, perfectly suited to be used inside your scripts, that displays the piped in values numerically and in a semi graphical way. Options: -m : Value to be considered 100% (default: 100) -w : Number of charcaters to be considered 100% in the bar (default: 25 ) -s : Symbol represeting the percentage value in the bar (default: = ) -l : label to be prepended to the bar (default: '' ) Usage examples: 1) If your 100% mark changes dynamically: echo "50 150" | dbar ^ ^ | |__ max. value | |__ value to display Output: 33% [======== ] 2) Static 100% mark: echo 25 | dbar -m 100 -l Sometext Output: Sometext 25% [====== ] 3) Multiple runs: for i in 2 20 50 75 80; do echo $i; sleep 1; done | dbar | dzen2 Output: Find out yourself. Have fun, Rob.