Progress indicator (was: [Grml] Unlocking CD drive)

[Michael Prokop]

* Michael Schierl <schierlm-public at gmx.de> [20061212 21:15]:
> Michael Prokop schrieb:

> > I've added a script named grml2ram which is based on your script to
> > package grml-scripts:

> >   http://hg.grml.org/grml-scripts/rev/7f265425dec1e56bcf711c449bfbca7f54f7145a

> Fine! Did not know that rsync can do --progress :)

:)

> BTW: Are there any generic "progress indicator" scripts or programs on
> the grml CD? Something to put into a pipe (e. g. between »dd
> if=/some/disk« and netcat) to see how much data flows through it?
> Anything from nice bars to just a KB/MB/GB counter would be nice.

For sure:

,---- [ % grml-tips "status line" ]
| Use dd with status line:
|
| # dd if=/dev/ice conv=noerror,notrunc,sync | buffer -S 100k | dd of=/tmp/file
`----

regards,
-mika-
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