Chris Dale wrote:
If you know the count, Pipe Viewer can give you a progress meter: $ rm -frv dir | pv -l -s 4000000 > /dev/null 546k 0:00:02 [ 886/s ] [========> ] 36% ETA 0:00:03
Echoing someone else's comment on another thread -- "I learned something new, today."
I like this answer. It would certainly do the job, give a useful progress report, and not clutter the screen.
Thanks for the tip, Chris. -- Marc Shapiro mshapiro_42@yahoo.com