How to Monitor Progress of (Copy/Backup/Compress) Data using ‘pv’ Command

When making backups, coping/moving large files on your Linux system, you may want to monitor the progress of an on going operation. Many terminal tools do not have the functionality to allow you to view progress information when a command is running in a pipe.

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Show Copy/Backup/Tar File Progress Bar in Linux

In this article, we shall look at an important Linux/Unix command called pv.

Suggested Read: Progress – A Tiny Tool to Monitor Progress for (cp, mv, dd, tar, etc.) Commands

Pv is a terminal-based tool that allows you to monitor the progress of data that is being sent through a pipe. When using the pv command, it gives you a visual display of the following information:

1. The time that has elapsed.
2. The percentage completed including a progress bar.
3. Shows current throughput rate.
4. The total data transferred.
5. and the ETA (estimated Time).

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