#! /bin/bash # Ref: https://superuser.com/questions/611538/611582#611582 # If user type '^C', then use SIGINT to toggle the display trap '[ "$SHOWGIVEN" = yes ] && SHOWGIVEN= || SHOWGIVEN=yes' SIGINT # Do not print "^C" when SIGINT caught stty -ctlecho # Hide the cursor tput civis # Wait user input read -p '? ' input # Modify input to fit the format that `date` can read # s -> sec # m -> min # h -> hour [[ "$input" =~ s && ! "$input" =~ sec ]] && input="$(sed s/s/sec/ <<<"$input")" [[ "$input" =~ m && ! "$input" =~ min ]] && input="$(sed s/m/min/ <<<"$input")" [[ "$input" =~ h && ! "$input" =~ hour ]] && input="$(sed s/h/hour/ <<<"$input")" time=0 start=$(date +%s) given=$(date +%s -d "$input") stop=$(( $given - $start )) while [ $time -ne $stop ]; do time="$(( $(date +%s) - $start ))" if [ -z "$SHOWGIVEN" ]; then printf '%s\r' "$(date -u -d @$time +%H:%M:%S)" else printf '%s\r' "$(date -u -d @$stop +%H:%M:%S)" fi sleep 0.3 done printf "\e[1;31m$(date -u -d "@$time" +%H:%M:%S)"