On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 10:54:00 +0100, Eduardo Morras wrote: > > Hello, > > I use cat to read a file and pass it to another app, the command is this: > > camibar% cat file.git | fossil import --git file.fossil > > It takes a lot of time, file.git is 12GB, and i want to know if > there's some 'magic' trick can I use to show me how many bytes > or the % of the file.git cat sent to the other app. > > Maybe cat isn't the correct tool?
Your example could be considered a "useless use of cat", because you could have used the < redirection instead. However, if the _actual_ program you're running, fossil, has an option for a verbose output or progress indicator, I would suggest using this (maybe "man fossil" lists something like -v). There are also tools that act on SIGINT or SIGINFO. This signal can be sent by pressing Ctrl-T. Maybe fossil also outputs a status message? Offering a percentage of how much of a file has been read would imply knowledge about the size of the file. The construct cat | fossil does not provide fossil with that information or even the file name in question. But obtaining the amount of data processed should be possible somehow. PS. cat-less command: fossil import --git file.fossil < file.git -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"