[SOLVED] Re: visualize data transfer in shell

[Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de>]

Am Sonntag, 26. Oktober 2014, 09:27:10 schrieb Miles Fidelman:
> Hans wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > is there a way, to visualize data transfer in the shell? Years ago, I used
> > a command like "hash on" or similar, which shows a progress bar made of
> > hash (#) signs in the shell, when I transferred data with i.e. rsync.
> 
> If you're talking watching data transfer during an ftp tranfer, then
> "hash" is exactly the right command (see man ftp).
> 
> With rsync, it's the --progress flag (see man rsync)
> 
> If you're more interested in transfer via a network port, then vnstat
> and ntop are the tools for the job.
> 
> Miles Fidelman
Ah, that's it, yes.

It might be, that it was ftp that days, what I used. Thanks also for the 
pointing to the --progress point of rsync.

I should read manuals more often, sigh.

Problem solved so far.

Thanks again. 

Best

Hans