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dd displaying stats in a human readable form
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Olivier Delhomme |
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dd displaying stats in a human readable form |
Date: |
Wed, 1 Oct 2003 21:14:09 +0200 |
Hi,
As Paul Eggert said, we could display really readable stats for dd while
still using the mechanism of SIGUSR1 :
>in the normal case where bytes-read equals bytes-written (in this
>case, 2.7 GB) and there are no partial blocks. The less common cases
>could use more-unusual formats, e.g.:
>
> 2.7G copied (1 partial record)
> 2.7G copied (3 partial input records, 1 partial output record)
> 2.7G read (5 partial records), 2.8G written
> 2.7G read (5 partial records), 2.8G written (3 partial records)
>
>This would be more readable and understandable, which I think is
>largely the point here.
Jim meyering proposed a conv=human option and a
display-block-size='block-size-todeal-with' option.
I think we could merge the two options (and forgot the confusing
display-block-size='block-size-todeal-with') and add this feature to a
new human option (that will act as conv) : --human='block-size-todeal-with'
What do you think about this idea ?
I can understand that the 'dd' has to be light weighted but in some cases,
having a simple way to know how much of data has been processed is
important.
Regards,
Olivier Delhomme.
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