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by pmorici 3455 days ago
Hasn't the ability to check progress be around forever? You could always send it SIGUSR1 and get back a progress report on stderr.
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_joel 3455 days ago
Sure it's been around for a while, GNU version on linux at least. Personally found pipe viewer (pv) quite handy too https://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml - available in most distros
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groovy2shoes 3454 days ago
Yup. Just don't do what I did earlier and `pkill -USR1 -f dd` if your desktop session is currently being provided to you courtesy of `sddm` …

As a programmer, it usually pays off to be on the lazy side, but every once in a while it comes back and bites me in the arse ;)

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