Other option could be to allow another simpler "ETA" option simply allowing to output the number (not all the other messages) to a file allowing us to play with it more easily :/
Thanks 2017-12-18 12:31 GMT+01:00 Pacho Ramos <[email protected]>: > This is one example of the output file... as you see, I would like to end > up getting this output > 103s > > But, instead, I get 0s with awk, cut, grep... > > 2017-12-18 12:11 GMT+01:00 Pacho Ramos <[email protected]>: > >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to let users to get meaningful time remaining measurements >> from the parallel output. For now I am putting parallel 2 output to a file. >> The problem is that the file is constantly being updated and, then, even if >> I can watch it properly with "tail -f ..." I cannot do, for example: >> tail -n1 file | cut -d " " -f2 -> to get the seconds left, neither awk. >> Both end up showing "0s" probably because they read the whole file at the >> end. >> >> Do you know how could I solve this issue? In summary, I would need to get >> simply the number of seconds left when the user asks for it and, after >> that, play with that number (to show the format in hours ans so). >> >> Thanks a lot >> > >
