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Re:Show HN: Linux tool to show progress for cp, rm, dd, etc. by __david__ on Saturday July 12, 2014 @05:06AM (#8024087)
I like pv, but I thought that it didn't work with "cp -r" (let alone mv)… Am I wrong?

It would be nice for cp and mv to just have built-in progress bars (only active in interactive mode, etc).

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Re:Show HN: Linux tool to show progress for cp, rm, dd, etc. by hrjet on Saturday July 12, 2014 @05:22AM (#8024103)
About 10 years back I tried to do this by defining terminal escape codes for this. I was also implementing a new terminal as a POC. Unfortunately didn't find the time to go beyond it.

Here's the POC if anyone would like to take it further: http://anthias.sourceforge.net/

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