PowerShell Using the progress bar Usage of inner progress bar
Example
1..10 | foreach-object { $fileName = "file_name_$_.txt" Write-Progress -Activity "Copying files" -Status "$($_*10) %" -Id 1 -PercentComplete ($_*10) -CurrentOperation "Copying file $fileName" 1..100 | foreach-object { Write-Progress -Activity "Copying contents of the file $fileName" -Status "$_ %" -Id 2 -ParentId 1 -PercentComplete $_ -CurrentOperation "Copying $_. line" Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 20 # sleep simulates working code, replace this line with your executive code (i.e. file copying) } Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500 # sleep simulates working code, replace this line with your executive code (i.e. file search) } Please note that for brevity this example does not contain any executive code (simulated with Start-Sleep). However it is possible to run it directly as is and than modify and play with it.
This is how result looks in PS console: 
This is how result looks in PS ISE: 
