> There's an obscure option to GNU dd to get it to display a progress meter as well. But why bother memorizing that? If you learn the pv trick once, you can use it with any program.
On macOS and BSD’s it’s as easy as pressing ctrl-t to send a SIGINFO signal to have dd show the status. On Linux it’s a tiny bit more complicated indeed. But knowing how to send signals to running processes is also a trick valuable of learning.
On macOS and BSD’s it’s as easy as pressing ctrl-t to send a SIGINFO signal to have dd show the status. On Linux it’s a tiny bit more complicated indeed. But knowing how to send signals to running processes is also a trick valuable of learning.