add progress indication to plotting

code/Core/Controller.py

@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ class Controller:
         """
         Plots the statistics to a file by using the given customization parameters.
         """
+        print("Statistical plots are being generated", end="", flush=True)
         if params is not None and params[0] is not None:
             # FIXME: cleanup
             params_dict = dict([z.split("=") for z in params])

code/Core/Statistics.py

@@ -1037,21 +1037,36 @@ class Statistics:
                 return out
 
         ttl_out_path = plot_ttl('.' + file_format)
+        print(".", end="", flush=True)
         mss_out_path = plot_mss('.' + file_format)
+        print(".", end="", flush=True)
         win_out_path = plot_win('.' + file_format)
+        print(".", end="", flush=True)
         protocol_out_path = plot_protocol('.' + file_format)
+        print(".", end="", flush=True)
         plot_interval_pktCount = plot_interval_pkt_count('.' + file_format)
+        print(".", end="", flush=True)
         if entropy:
             plot_interval_ip_src_ent = plot_interval_ip_src_ent('.' + file_format)
+            print(".", end="", flush=True)
             plot_interval_ip_dst_ent = plot_interval_ip_dst_ent('.' + file_format)
+            print(".", end="", flush=True)
             plot_interval_ip_src_cum_ent = plot_interval_ip_src_cum_ent('.' + file_format)
+            print(".", end="", flush=True)
             plot_interval_ip_dst_cum_ent = plot_interval_ip_dst_cum_ent('.' + file_format)
+            print(".", end="", flush=True)
         plot_interval_new_ip = plot_interval_new_ip('.' + file_format)
+        print(".", end="", flush=True)
         plot_interval_new_port = plot_interval_new_port('.' + file_format)
+        print(".", end="", flush=True)
         plot_interval_new_ttl = plot_interval_new_ttl('.' + file_format)
+        print(".", end="", flush=True)
         plot_interval_new_tos = plot_interval_new_tos('.' + file_format)
+        print(".", end="", flush=True)
         plot_interval_new_win_size = plot_interval_new_win_size('.' + file_format)
+        print(".", end="", flush=True)
         plot_interval_new_mss = plot_interval_new_mss('.' + file_format)
+        print(" done.")
 
         # Time consuming plot
         # port_out_path = plot_port('.' + format)