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Pipe Viewer – A Unix Utility You Should Know About

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177 points lnyan | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 15:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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6c696e7578 ◴[20 Nov 24 21:56 UTC] No.42198530[source]▶
A little more typing, but I find dd present on most systems already, so I tend to do this:

  tar ... | dd status=progress | ...
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1. Aachen ◴[20 Nov 24 22:15 UTC] No.42198684[source]▶
I've used pv longer than dd had this option for, but that's fair! I also don't use find options, for example, since find piped into the tool everyone already knows anyway - grep - is much easier

Sadly, dd will not give you an estimated time or allow you to limit the transfer rate, which are two features I use a lot in pv