bug#19544: RFE: please fix limited dd output control (want xfer stats, but not blocks).

2015-01-09 Thread Linda Walsh
Pádraig Brady wrote: There is a new status=progress option that will output the above format every second, but on a single updated line. --- excellent. (Which, BTW, uses program intelligence to use the same output units as the user used for input units, rather than giving them units in an

bug#19544: RFE: please fix limited dd output control (want xfer stats, but not blocks).

2015-01-09 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 09/01/15 11:18, Linda Walsh wrote: The blocks are a bit uninteresting: 7+0 records in 7+0 records out 6+0 records in 11+0 records out 8+0 records in 8+0 records out 2+0 records in ... 2+0 records out 15+0 records in 15+0 records out --- Tells me nothing -- not size

bug#19544: RFE: please fix limited dd output control (want xfer stats, but not blocks).

2015-01-09 Thread Linda Walsh
The blocks are a bit uninteresting: 7+0 records in 7+0 records out 6+0 records in 11+0 records out 8+0 records in 8+0 records out 2+0 records in ... 2+0 records out 15+0 records in 15+0 records out --- Tells me nothing -- not size of recs, nor time.. nothing interesting. What I'd rather