Improved CLI user interface

README.md

@@ -23,24 +23,50 @@ wireguard=/etc/wireguard/wg0.conf
 Then, you can start the backup process with the following command:
 
 ```sh
-$ sudo ./backup.py --checksum --backup sources.ini $PWD "very_bad_pw"
-Copying photos (1/3)
-Copying documents (2/3)
-Copying wireguard (3/3)
-File name: '/home/marco/Projects/backup.py/backup-wood-20260122.tar.gz.enc'
-Checksums file: '/home/marco/Projects/backup.py/backup-wood-20260122.sha256'
-File size: 5533818904 bytes (5.15 GiB)
-Elapsed time: 2 minutes, 12 seconds
+$ sudo ./backup.py --verbose --checksum --backup sources.ini $PWD "very_bad_pw"
+Copying photos (1/3)...DONE (0.02s)
+Computing checksums...DONE (0.01s)
+ computing [██████████████████████████████] 100.0% (5/5): 'Screenshot From 2026-01-22....png'
+
+Copying documents (2/3)...DONE (3.39s)
+Computing checksums...DONE (1.26s)
+ computing [██████████████████████████████] 100.0% (7881/7881): 'master'
+
+Copying wireguard (3/3)...DONE (0.00s)
+Computing checksums...DONE (0.00s)
+ computing [██████████████████████████████] 100.0% (1/1): 'wg0.conf'
+
+Compressing backup...DONE (22.52s)
+ compressing [██████████████████████████████] 100.0% (8355/8354): 'rec2.jpg'
+
+Encrypting backup...DONE (0.90s)
+
++---------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| File name     | '/home/marco/Projects/backup.py/backup-wood-20260129.tar.gz.enc' |
++---------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Checksum file | '/home/marco/Projects/backup.py/backup-wood-20260129.sha256'     |
++---------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| File size     | 344165145 bytes (328.22 MiB)                                     |
++---------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Elapsed time  | 23 seconds                                                       |
++---------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 ```
 
-The `--checsum` (optional) is used to generate a checksum file containing the hashes of each single of the backup.
+The `--checksum` (optional) is used to generate a checksum file containing the hashes of each single of the backup.
+You can also omit the `--verbose` flag to run the program in quiet mode.
 
 To extract an existing backup, you can instead issue the following command:
 
 ```sh
-$ ./backup.py -c --extract backup-wood-20260122.tar.gz.enc "very_bad_pw" backup-wood-20260122.sha256
+$ ./backup.py --verbose --checksum --extract backup-wood-20260129.tar.gz.enc "very_bad_pw" backup-wood-20260129.sha256
+Decrypting backup...DONE (0.76s)
+Extracting backup...DONE (6.93s)
+ extracting [██████████████████████████████] 100.0% (8355/8355): 'rec2.jpg'
+Verifying backup...DONE (0.89s)
+ verifying [██████████████████████████████] 100.0% (7887/7887): 'master'
+
 Backup extracted to: '/home/marco/Projects/backup.py/backup.py.tmp'
-Elapsed time: 1 minute, 3 seconds
+Elapsed time: 8 seconds
 ```
 
 This will create a new directory named `backup.py.tmp` on your local path. Just like before,
@@ -56,7 +82,6 @@ the following command:
 
 ```sh
 $ sudo cp -Rv "$(pwd)/backup.py" /usr/bin/backup.py
-'/home/marco/Projects/backup.py/backup.py' -> '/usr/bin/backup.py'
 ```
 
 ## Technical details

backup.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import signal
 from pathlib import Path
 from datetime import datetime
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any, Generic, TypeVar, Union, Optional, List
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
@@ -83,19 +84,37 @@ class SignalHandler:
 
             Backup.cleanup_files(*temp_files)
 
-        print("DONE.", file=sys.stderr)
+        print("DONE", file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(130)
 
+class EscapeChar(Enum):
+    """Enumeration for escape characters"""
+    RESET = '\033[0m'
+    GRAY = '\033[90m'
+    GREEN = '\033[92m'
+    YELLOW = '\033[93m'
+    BLUE = '\033[94m'
+    CYAN = '\033[96m'
+    LINE_UP = '\033[A'
+    ERASE_LINE = '\033[2K'
+
 class BackupProgress:
     """Progress indicator for backup operations"""
+
     def __init__(self, total: int, operation: str, status_msg: str) -> None:
         self.total = total
         self.current = 0
         self.operation = operation
         self.status_msg = status_msg
+        self.start_time = 0
+
+    def start_time_tracking(self, existing_time = None) -> None:
+        """Initialize time tracking"""
+        self.start_time = time.time() if not existing_time else existing_time
 
     def log_operation(self) -> None:
         """Print the Backup operation to stdout"""
+        self.start_time_tracking()
         print(self.operation)
 
     def draw_progress_bar(self, filename: str = "") -> None:
@@ -106,7 +125,7 @@ class BackupProgress:
         # Create a CLI prograss bar
         bar_width = 30
         filled = int(bar_width * self.current / self.total)
-        bar = '█' * filled + '░' * (bar_width - filled)
+        bar = f"{EscapeChar.GRAY.value}{'█' * filled}{'░' * (bar_width - filled)}{EscapeChar.RESET.value}"
 
         # Truncate filename if it's too long to display
         # by keeping the first 30 characters + extension (if available)
@@ -121,17 +140,22 @@ class BackupProgress:
             else:
                 filename = filename[:filename_max_len - 5]
 
-        status = f"\r└──{self.operation} [{bar}] {percentage:.1f}% ({self.current}/{self.total}) - (processing '{filename}')"
-        print(f"\r\033[K{status}", end='', flush=True)
+        progress_bar = (f"\r {self.status_msg} [{bar}] "
+                        f"{EscapeChar.YELLOW.value}{percentage:.1f}%{EscapeChar.RESET.value} "
+                        f"({self.current}/{self.total}): "
+                        f"{EscapeChar.BLUE.value}'{filename}'{EscapeChar.RESET.value}")
+        print(f"{EscapeChar.ERASE_LINE.value}{progress_bar}", end='', flush=True)
 
     def complete_task(self) -> None:
         """Complete a task"""
         # To complete a task, we do the following:
         #  1. Move the cursor one line upwards
         #  2. Move the cursor at end of operation message (i.e., rewrite the message)
-        #  3. Add 'DONE' there
+        #  3. Add duration there
         #  4. Move the cursor downwards one line
-        print(f'\033[A\r{self.operation}DONE\n')
+        duration = time.time() - self.start_time
+        print(f"{EscapeChar.LINE_UP.value}\r{self.operation}{EscapeChar.GREEN.value}DONE{EscapeChar.RESET.value} "
+              f"({EscapeChar.CYAN.value}{duration:.2f}s{EscapeChar.RESET.value})\n")
 
 class Backup:
     @staticmethod
@@ -380,6 +404,7 @@ class Backup:
     @staticmethod
     def encrypt_file(input_file: Path, output_file: Path, password: str, verbose: bool) -> Result[None]:
         """Encrypt a file with GPG in symmetric mode (using AES256)"""
+        start_time = time.time()
 
         if output_file.exists():
             return Err("Encryption failed: archive already exists.")
@@ -409,7 +434,9 @@ class Backup:
             return Err(f"Encryption failed: {result.stderr.decode()}.")
 
         if verbose:
-            print("DONE")
+            duration = time.time() - start_time
+            print(f"{EscapeChar.GREEN.value}DONE{EscapeChar.RESET.value}"
+                  f" ({EscapeChar.CYAN.value}{duration:.2f}s{EscapeChar.RESET.value})")
             
         return Ok(None)
 
@@ -436,7 +463,9 @@ class Backup:
         # Backup each source
         sources_count = len(config.sources)
         for idx, source in enumerate(config.sources, 1):
-            print(f"Copying {source.label} ({idx}/{sources_count})")
+            if config.verbose:
+                start_time = time.time()
+                print(f"Copying {source.label} ({idx}/{sources_count})...", end='', flush=True)
 
             # Create source subdirectory
             source_dir = work_dir / f"backup-{source.label}-{date_str}"
@@ -449,7 +478,11 @@ class Backup:
                 case Err():
                     self.cleanup_files(work_dir, temp_tarball)
                     return copy_res
-                case Ok(): pass
+                case Ok():
+                    if config.verbose:
+                        duration = time.time() - start_time
+                        print(f"{EscapeChar.GREEN.value}DONE{EscapeChar.RESET.value}"
+                              f" ({EscapeChar.CYAN.value}{duration:.2f}s{EscapeChar.RESET.value})")
 
             # Compute checksum when requested
             if config.checksum:
@@ -478,13 +511,19 @@ class Backup:
                 if config.verbose and backup_progress is not None:
                     backup_progress.complete_task()
 
+            # Add a blank line between each backup entry (on verbose mode)
+            if config.verbose:
+                print("")
+
         # Create compressed archive
         archive_res = self.create_tarball(work_dir, temp_tarball, config.verbose)
         match archive_res:
             case Err():
                 self.cleanup_files(work_dir, temp_tarball)
                 return archive_res
-            case Ok(): pass
+            case Ok():
+                if config.verbose:
+                    print("")
 
         # Encrypt the archive
         encrypt_res = self.encrypt_file(temp_tarball, backup_archive, config.password, config.verbose)
@@ -492,7 +531,9 @@ class Backup:
             case Err():
                 self.cleanup_files(work_dir, temp_tarball)
                 return encrypt_res
-            case Ok(): pass
+            case Ok():
+                if config.verbose:
+                    print("")
 
         # Cleanup temporary files
         self.cleanup_files(work_dir, temp_tarball)
@@ -504,19 +545,36 @@ class Backup:
         elapsed_time = time.time() - start_time
         file_size = backup_archive.stat().st_size
         file_size_hr = self.prettify_size(file_size)
-        
-        print(f"File name: '{backup_archive}'")
-        if config.checksum:
-            print(f"Checksums file: '{checksum_file}'")
-        print(f"File size: {file_size} bytes ({file_size_hr})")
-        print(f"Elapsed time: {self.prettify_timestamp(elapsed_time)}")
+
+        # Print a table containing some information about the backup
+        if config.verbose:
+            rows = [
+                ("File name", f"'{backup_archive}'"),
+                ("File size", f"{file_size} bytes ({file_size_hr})"),
+                ("Elapsed time", f"{self.prettify_timestamp(elapsed_time)}")
+            ]
+
+            if config.checksum:
+                rows.insert(1, ("Checksum file", f"'{checksum_file}'"))
+
+            # Compute column widths
+            max_label_width = max(len(label) for label, _ in rows)
+            max_value_width = max(len(value) for _, value in rows)
+
+            separator = f"+{'-' * (max_label_width + 2)}+{'-' * (max_value_width + 2)}+"
+            print(separator)
+            for label, value in rows:
+                print(f"| {label:<{max_label_width}} | {value:<{max_value_width}} |")
+                print(separator)
 
         return Ok(None)
 
     @staticmethod
     def decrypt_file(input_file: Path, output_file: Path, password: str, verbose: bool) -> Result[None]:
         """Decrypt an encrypted backup archive"""
+        start_time = 0
         if verbose:
+            start_time = time.time()
             print("Decrypting backup...", end='', flush=True)
 
         cmd = [
@@ -541,14 +599,18 @@ class Backup:
             return Err(f"Decryption failed: {result.stderr.decode()}.")
 
         if verbose:
-            print("DONE")
+            duration = time.time() - start_time
+            print(f"{EscapeChar.GREEN.value}DONE{EscapeChar.RESET.value}"
+                  f" ({EscapeChar.CYAN.value}{duration:.2f}s{EscapeChar.RESET.value})")
 
         return Ok(None)
 
     @staticmethod
     def extract_tarball(archive_file: Path, verbose: bool) -> Result[Path]:
         """Extract a tar archive and return the extracted path"""
+        start_time = 0
         if verbose:
+            start_time = time.time()
             print("Extracting backup...")
         
         extracted_root: str = ""
@@ -585,6 +647,7 @@ class Backup:
         if verbose:
             cmd.insert(1, "-v")
             progress = BackupProgress(len(entries), "Extracting backup...", "extracting")
+            progress.start_time_tracking(start_time)
 
         process = subprocess.Popen(
             cmd,
@@ -680,14 +743,17 @@ class Backup:
                 case Err():
                     self.cleanup_files(temp_tarball, extracted_dir)
                     return checksums_res
-                case Ok(): pass
+                case Ok():
+                    if verbose:
+                        print("")
 
         self.cleanup_files(temp_tarball)
 
         elapsed_time = time.time() - start_time
 
-        print(f"Backup extracted to: '{extracted_dir.parent.resolve() / extracted_dir}'")
-        print(f"Elapsed time: {self.prettify_timestamp(elapsed_time)}")
+        if verbose:
+            print(f"Backup extracted to: '{extracted_dir.parent.resolve() / extracted_dir}'")
+            print(f"Elapsed time: {self.prettify_timestamp(elapsed_time)}")
 
         return Ok(None)