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Make a Linux "GUI" in the command line

How to make a Linux program in the Command Line Interface who display a nice user interface?

For example when I use "wget" to download a file from internet, I can see the download advancement in the Command Line Interface. How can I do that?

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Martin Magakian Avatar asked Feb 19 '10 13:02

Martin Magakian


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ncurses is a popular option, there are APIs for lots of programming languages.

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Quentin Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 17:10

Quentin