How to create Laravel Artisan commands with progress bars for long-running CLI tasks?

Laravel Artisan commands extend Illuminate\Console\Command and leverage Symfony's ProgressBar component for visual task progress. The $this->output->progressBar($total) method creates a console progress bar that updates via advance() calls during loops. Commands define signatures with {placeholders} for arguments/options, enabling php artisan command:import users.csv --dry-run. Theory: Progress bars provide real-time feedback for long operations (file imports, DB migrations) preventing user uncertainty during CLI execution. Symfony's output component handles terminal detection, ANSI colors, and redraw logic automatically.

Code example:

Code

protected $signature = 'users:import {file} {--dry-run}';

public function handle()
{
    $total = $this->argument('file') ? count(file($this->argument('file'))) : 1000;
    $bar = $this->output->progressBar($total);
    $bar->start();
    
    // Process loop
    foreach ($users as $user) {
        $this->processUser($user);
        $bar->advance();  // Updates progress
    }
    
    $bar->finish();
    $this->newLine();
}