Copy with a progress bar
Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 10:26 am
Use pv to display a progress bar. Useful to see the throughput of a file copy.
$ cat source/file.img | pv -s 100g -p -e -r > destination/file.img
[ 25MB/s] [==========> ] 13% ETA 0:54:35
$ cat source/file.img | pv -s 100g -p -e -r > destination/file.img
[ 25MB/s] [==========> ] 13% ETA 0:54:35