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

[Michael Prokop]

* Michael Prokop <mika at grml.org> [20061212 23:15]:
> * Michael Schierl <schierlm-public at gmx.de> [20061212 21:15]:
> > Michael Prokop schrieb:

> > 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
> `----

Oh and of course take a look at dcfldd which is available on grml as
well and provides "display a continual status message on stderr" OOTB.

regards,
-mika-
-- 
 http://grml.org/            # Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins
 http://wiki.grml.org/       # share your knowledge
 http://grml.supersized.org/ # the grml development weblog
 #grml @ irc.freenode.org    # meet us on irc
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://ml.grml.org/pipermail/grml/attachments/20061212/e8c37d9c/attachment-0004.pgp>