How do I use (n)curses in Ruby?

Question

I\'d like to create a progress bar to indicate the status of an a batch job in Ruby.

I\'ve read some tutorials / libraries on using (n)curses,

Answer 1

Personally I think curses is overkill in this case. While the curses lib is nice (and I frequently use it myself) it's a PITA to relearn every time I haven't needed it for 12 months which has to be the sign of a bad interface design.

If for some reason you can't get on with the progress bar lib Joey suggested roll your own and release it under a pretty free licence for instant kudos :)