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Re:Cool, but obscure Unix tools by oyving on Friday May 20, 2011 @09:01AM (#2567437)
I really like pipe viewer (pv). I wish it as more common in base installs of Linux.

http://www.catonmat.net/blog/unix-utilities-pipe-viewer/

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Re:Cool, but obscure Unix tools by jz on Friday May 20, 2011 @11:59AM (#2568189)
Although not as featureful as pv, try hitting CTRL+t under OS X or any of the BSDs during a long running process. It provides status of the current running process without having to prefix the command with pv. I blogged about this a while back: http://jz.posterous.com/bsd-tip-of-the-day-ctrl-t
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