You can download files with a nice progress bar using curl’s -# flag:
curl -# -O https://files.example.com/large/long_video.mp4
################# 38.6%
This might be preferable to the verbose output:
curl --no-progress-meter -O https://files.example.com/large/long_video.mp4
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
17 433M 17 75.6M 0 0 28.7M 0 0:00:15 0:00:02 0:00:13 28.8M