Wunsch wrote:
> I'm trying to get the g4u scripts running on debian machines. I've got
> it all running now expect for a fancy progress bar.
>
> The original g4u uses 'progress' to get a progress bar of the data pipe:
>
> ftp -o "| progress -z dd obs=1M of=/dev/${diskpart}" ftp.....
>
> I can't find this program for linux. I have found the program 'bar' but
> there's no debian package for it and I would like to be able to use it
> out of the box.
>
> So anyone a clue how to accomplish this progress bar on the data pipe in
> bash?
>
> Rg,
>
> Arnaud Loonstra


dialog maybe ?


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