this is a must for partial union. there are lots of cases with dumping of huge tables and user doesn't know a squirt if sqlmap is running or not (compromise is that this is only displayed if the verbose level is not touched by the user)

lib/techniques/inband/union/use.py

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import time
 from lib.core.agent import agent
 from lib.core.common import Backend
 from lib.core.common import calculateDeltaSeconds
+from lib.core.common import clearConsoleLine
+from lib.core.common import dataToStdout
 from lib.core.common import extractRegexResult
 from lib.core.common import filterStringValue
 from lib.core.common import getUnicode
@@ -250,6 +252,15 @@ def unionUse(expression, unpack=True, dump=False):
                         value += output
                         parseUnionPage(output, limitedExpr)
 
+                    if conf.verbose == 1:
+                        length = stopLimit - startLimit
+                        count = num - startLimit + 1
+                        status = '%d/%d entries (%d%s)' % (count, length, round(100.0*count/length), '%')
+                        dataToStdout("\r[%s] [INFO] retrieved: %s" % (time.strftime("%X"), status), True)
+
+                if conf.verbose == 1:
+                    clearConsoleLine(True)
+
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 print
                 warnMsg = "Ctrl+C detected in dumping phase"