pv 1.6.6 - Copyright 2015 Andrew Wood <andrew.wood@ivarch.com> Web site: http://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml This program is free software, and is being distributed under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Usage: pv [OPTION] [FILE]... Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output, with monitoring. -p, --progress show progress bar -t, --timer show elapsed time -e, --eta show estimated time of arrival (completion) -I, --fineta show absolute estimated time of arrival (completion) -r, --rate show data transfer rate counter -a, --average-rate show data transfer average rate counter -b, --bytes show number of bytes transferred -T, --buffer-percent show percentage of transfer buffer in use -A, --last-written NUM show NUM bytes last written -F, --format FORMAT set output format to FORMAT -n, --numeric output percentages, not visual information -q, --quiet do not output any transfer information at all -W, --wait display nothing until first byte transferred -D, --delay-start SEC display nothing until SEC seconds have passed -s, --size SIZE set estimated data size to SIZE bytes -l, --line-mode count lines instead of bytes -0, --null lines are null-terminated -i, --interval SEC update every SEC seconds -w, --width WIDTH assume terminal is WIDTH characters wide -H, --height HEIGHT assume terminal is HEIGHT rows high -N, --name NAME prefix visual information with NAME -f, --force output even if standard error is not a terminal -c, --cursor use cursor positioning escape sequences -L, --rate-limit RATE limit transfer to RATE bytes per second -B, --buffer-size BYTES use a buffer size of BYTES -C, --no-splice never use splice(), always use read/write -E, --skip-errors skip read errors in input -S, --stop-at-size stop after --size bytes have been transferred -R, --remote PID update settings of process PID -P, --pidfile FILE save process ID in FILE -d, --watchfd PID[:FD] watch file FD opened by process PID -h, --help show this help and exit -V, --version show version information and exit Please report any bugs to <pv@ivarch.com>.