printStatus

A simple collection of functions to print a progress bar in the console. In addition, it facilitates to print the status of a currently running job or the exit status of a finished job.

The module is for instance used by the GIST pipeline (https://abittner.gitlab.io/thegistpipeline/) and the generated messages look like this:

Installation

You can install this package with pip:

   pip install printStatus

Usage

A simple example of the usage of this module is provided in demo.py. The following functions are available:

• printStatus.module(message): Print the name of the currently active module.
• printStatus.running(message): Print a new message to stdout with the tag "Running".
• printStatus.done(message): Print a new message to stdout with the tag "Done".
• printStatus.updateDone(message, progressbar=False): Overwrite the previous message in stdout with the tag "Done" and a new message. Set progressbar=True if the previous message was the progress bar.
• printStatus.warning(message): Print a new message to stdout with the tag "Warning".
• printStatus.updateWarning(message, progressbar=False): Overwrite the previous message in stdout with the tag "Warning" and a new message. Set progressbar=True if the previous message was the progress bar.
• printStatus.failed(message): Print a new message to stdout with the tag "Failed".
• printStatus.updateFailed(message): Overwrite the previous message in stdout with the tag "Failed" and a new message. Set progressbar=True if the previous message was the progress bar.

Compatibility

Tested with Python3. Note that the appearance of the colours in the terminal depends on the specific setup of your terminal.