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progress(1) is a separate utility on BSD; one of my favorites. (Although it is also built in to BSD ftp.) I regularly use progress with dd, tar and other util
by echochar 11y ago
progress(1) is a separate utility on BSD; one of my favorites. (Although it is also built in to BSD ftp.)
I regularly use progress with dd, tar and other utilities.
At least one BSD dd now has a "msgfmt" option that outputs parseable, printf-style format strings.
Truthfully, I prefer it when these basic utilities are static except for fixing bugs. Using the new features in scripts means the scripts might lose some portability.
- crishoj 11y agoThere's also the pv(1) utility on Linux and OS X Homebrew: DESCRIPTION pv shows the progress of data through a pipeline by giving infor- mation such as time elapsed, percentage completed (with progress bar), current throughput rate, total data transferred, and ETA. To use it, insert it in a pipeline between two processes, with the appropriate options. Its standard input will be passed through to its standard output and progress will be shown on standard error. (edit: formatting)