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+/// <reference path="progress.d.ts"/>
+
+var ProgressBar = require('progress');
+
+
+/**
+ * Usage example from https://github.com/tj/node-progress
+ */
+var bar = new ProgressBar(':bar', { total: 10 });
+var timer = setInterval(function () {
+  bar.tick();
+  if (bar.complete) {
+    console.log('\ncomplete\n');
+    clearInterval(timer);
+  }
+}, 100);
+
+
+/**
+ * Custom token example from https://github.com/tj/node-progress
+ */
+var bar = new ProgressBar(':current: :token1 :token2', { total: 3 });
+
+bar.tick({
+  'token1': "Hello",
+  'token2': "World!\n"
+});
+
+bar.tick(2, {
+  'token1': "Goodbye",
+  'token2': "World!"
+});
diff --git a/progress/progress.d.ts b/progress/progress.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for node-progress v1.1.8
+// Project: https://github.com/tj/node-progress
+// Definitions by: Sebastian Lenz <https://github.com/sebastian-lenz>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference path="../node/node.d.ts"/>
+
+
+declare module "progress"
+{
+    /**
+     * These are keys in the options object you can pass to the progress bar along with total as seen in the example above.
+     */
+    interface ProgressBarOptions
+    {
+        /**
+         * Total number of ticks to complete.
+         */
+        total:number;
+
+        /**
+         * The displayed width of the progress bar defaulting to total.
+         */
+        width?:number;
+
+        /**
+         * The output stream defaulting to stderr.
+         */
+        stream?:NodeJS.WritableStream;
+
+        /**
+         * Completion character defaulting to "=".
+         */
+        complete?:string;
+
+        /**
+         * Incomplete character defaulting to "-".
+         */
+        incomplete?:string;
+
+        /**
+         * Option to clear the bar on completion defaulting to false.
+         */
+        clear?:boolean;
+
+        /**
+         * Optional function to call when the progress bar completes.
+         */
+        callback?:Function;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Flexible ascii progress bar.
+     */
+    class ProgressBar
+    {
+        /**
+         * Initialize a `ProgressBar` with the given `fmt` string and `options` or
+         * `total`.
+         *
+         * Options:
+         *   - `total` total number of ticks to complete
+         *   - `width` the displayed width of the progress bar defaulting to total
+         *   - `stream` the output stream defaulting to stderr
+         *   - `complete` completion character defaulting to "="
+         *   - `incomplete` incomplete character defaulting to "-"
+         *   - `renderThrottle` minimum time between updates in milliseconds defaulting to 16
+         *   - `callback` optional function to call when the progress bar completes
+         *   - `clear` will clear the progress bar upon termination
+         *
+         * Tokens:
+         *   - `:bar` the progress bar itself
+         *   - `:current` current tick number
+         *   - `:total` total ticks
+         *   - `:elapsed` time elapsed in seconds
+         *   - `:percent` completion percentage
+         *   - `:eta` eta in seconds
+         */
+        constructor(format:string, total:number);
+        constructor(format:string, options:ProgressBarOptions);
+
+
+        /**
+         * "tick" the progress bar with optional `len` and optional `tokens`.
+         */
+        tick(tokens?:any):void;
+        tick(count?:number, tokens?:any):void;
+
+
+        /**
+         * Method to render the progress bar with optional `tokens` to place in the
+         * progress bar's `fmt` field.
+         */
+        render(tokens?:any):void;
+
+
+        /**
+         * "update" the progress bar to represent an exact percentage.
+         * The ratio (between 0 and 1) specified will be multiplied by `total` and
+         * floored, representing the closest available "tick." For example, if a
+         * progress bar has a length of 3 and `update(0.5)` is called, the progress
+         * will be set to 1.
+         *
+         * A ratio of 0.5 will attempt to set the progress to halfway.
+         *
+         * @param ratio The ratio (between 0 and 1 inclusive) to set the
+         *   overall completion to.
+         */
+        update(ratio:number, tokens?:any):void;
+
+
+        /**
+         * Terminates a progress bar.
+         */
+        terminate():void;
+    }
+
+
+    export = ProgressBar;
+}