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brew install pv v1.11.0 Artistic-2.0

Monitor throughput and display progress bars for data flowing through Unix pipes.

Why you might care

Inserts into any pipeline to show real-time transfer speed, data processed, and estimated time remaining without buffering or modifying the data. Essential for long operations (backups, bulk downloads, large file processing) where you need visibility into what's happening; complements tools like dd, tar, and rsync gracefully.

Categories

terminal-utility monitoring

Alternatives

bar progress dd rsync
4.2k
30-day installs · #683
11.8k
90-day · #745
56.0k
365-day · #631

Runtime dependencies

gettext

Links

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