Re: [RFC] wc: add new option, --progress

2008-11-03 Thread Bo Borgerson
Pádraig Brady wrote: > I'm not sure this is generally that useful. > It reminds me of the more general pv tool that > I have found useful in the past: > http://www.ivarch.com/programs/quickref/pv.shtml > Thanks Pádraig, this is exactly what I was looking for :) Bo _

Re: [RFC] wc: add new option, --progress

2008-11-03 Thread Pádraig Brady
Bo Borgerson wrote: > Hi, > > I've recently found myself wishing for an option in 'wc' that shows > progress during an invocation. I modified my local copy with the > changes in the attached patch to accept a '--progress' option. > > This patch is also available at git://repo.or.cz/coreutils/bo.

[RFC] wc: add new option, --progress

2008-10-31 Thread Bo Borgerson
Hi, I've recently found myself wishing for an option in 'wc' that shows progress during an invocation. I modified my local copy with the changes in the attached patch to accept a '--progress' option. This patch is also available at git://repo.or.cz/coreutils/bo.git An example of behavior can be