Thank You very much Raul! This is precisely the way I was looking for...
> Try this, then: > > # yes | rm -ir /home/games; echo > > This will put everything on one long line which will be a bit ugly, > but will show progress as it happens. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > > On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Max Power <open...@cpnetserver.net> > wrote: >> Thank You Raul for reply, >> Your command line run so well... but it is not suitable for the purpose. >> I want to see 'while you're erasing them' not 'after like a log'. >> >> Maybe It not possible. >> >> [it wanted only a rm -v as in Linux!] >> >> >> >>> # yes | rm -ir /home/games 2>&1 | sed 's/remove //g; s/\?//g' |fmt >>> >>> (Here, # is meant to represent the prompt - it's not a part of the >>> command.) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -- >>> Raul >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 3:59 AM, Max Power <open...@cpnetserver.net> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi Raul, Thanks for Your reply. >>>> >>>> I tried & failed ... !! >>>> >>>> Could you give me, please, a practical example...? >>>> e.g.: remove /home/games >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 2:57 AM, Max Power <open...@cpnetserver.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Hi guys! >>>>>> Is there a way to view the deleted file or a progress bar >>>>>> while you're erasing them? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for Your reply. >>>>> >>>>> Do you mean like this? >>>>> >>>>> yes | rm -i ./* 2>&1 | sed 's/remove //g; s/\?//g' |fmt >>>>> >>>>> If that kind of behavior is what you want, you could make that >>>>> command >>>>> line into a shell script, replacing the ./* with "$@". This would >>>>> allow you to use it with xargs, for example (though, for xargs, you >>>>> might also want to remove the |fmt and pipe the result of xargs to >>>>> fmt...). >>>>> >>>>> If you want something different, I guess you would have to be a bit >>>>> clearer on what you are asking for. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Raul
