Re: [RFC] wc: add new option, --progress

[Pádraig Brady]

Bo Borgerson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've recently found myself wishing for an option in 'wc' that shows
> progress during an invocation.  I modified my local copy with the
> changes in the attached patch to accept a '--progress' option.
> 
> This patch is also available at git://repo.or.cz/coreutils/bo.git
> 
> An example of behavior can be observed with the attached 'slowrite' program:
> 
> $ ./slowrite 100000 | src/wc --progress
>  100000  200000  800000
> 
> $ src/wc --progress <(./slowrite 100000 3) <(./slowrite 1000000 4)
>  100000  200000  800000 /dev/fd/63
> 1000000 2000000 8000000 /dev/fd/62
> 1100000 2200000 8800000 total

Thanks Bo,

I'm not sure this is generally that useful.
It reminds me of the more general pv tool that
I have found useful in the past:
http://www.ivarch.com/programs/quickref/pv.shtml

cheers,
Pádraig.