Cooler ASCII Spinners?

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Published on 2010-04-21T18:10:42Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 18:13 UTC
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In a console app, an ascii spinner can be used, like the GUI wait cursor, to indicate that work is being done. A common spinner cycles through these 4 characters: '|', '/', '-', '\'

What are some other cyclical animation sequences to spice up a console application?

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