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by gaws 331 days ago
> using pv (pipeviewer) instead of cat to get a progress bar when grepping huge files.

How does this work?
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jauco 331 days ago
This seems to be a nice introduction:

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/linux-unix/pv-command-in-linux...

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gaws 331 days ago
I'm curious about your use of `pv` with `cat` and `grep` on large files.
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