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'pv' is great, but you need to have the foresight to use it in your command before you run it. 'progress' seems great for those cases where you didn't realize
by anonymousiam 3y ago
'pv' is great, but you need to have the foresight to use it in your command before you run it. 'progress' seems great for those cases where you didn't realize your job was going to take so long, and you don't want to start it all over again.
- jagged-chisel 3y agoIndeed. I created some aliases a few years ago to use pv in these cases. At least until I developed the habit of thinking about pv while composing the command.