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Right. I usually use pv in place of 'cat' at the start of a long set of piped commands. Anywhere you could use 'cat' you can use pv. If I'm not mistaken, I thin
by mbreese 14y ago
Right. I usually use pv in place of 'cat' at the start of a long set of piped commands. Anywhere you could use 'cat' you can use pv. If I'm not mistaken, I think you can also use multiple 'pv' commands at a time too.
- pronoiac 14y ago> If I'm not mistaken, I think you can also use multiple 'pv' commands at a time too. I use multiple pv instances to track compression/decompression rates, and overall progress, for tarballs. Using the "-c" code for console codes keeps the instances from stomping over each other's output.