Feature request: --progress option to wc(1)

[Joakim Lindblad]

I'm often using 'wc' for stuff that takes a long time, e.g. 'tar -tf big.tar | 
wc -l' to count the
files in an archive.
Here I am lacking some intermediate feedback from the process.

Does a "--progress" version of 'wc' exist? I am envisioning a continuous count 
with a simple
line-wise overwrite a'la '\r'.

I fail to find the option, and I don't find the feature request rejected
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rejected_requests.html#wc

I could potentially volunteer to implement it (but am happy not to).

Regards,
 Joakim


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Joakim Lindblad, PhD, Docent          E-mail: joakim@cb.uu.se
Prof. Computerized Image Processing   Phone: +46-733-168549
Dept. of IT, Uppsala University       http://cb.uu.se/~joakim
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