How about
<@andrewTO> alias unbuf='stdbuf -i0 -o0 -e0'
then unbuf rsync
i have not tested this in any way.
--progress would be some interesting stuff to parse, esp with all the screen
redrawing
of the K/s line as well as background deletes and scans overwriting while
--progress of the previous
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11378
Bug ID: 11378
Summary: Please add a '--line-buffered' option to rsync to make
logging/output more friendly with pipes/syslog/CI
systems/etc.
Product: rsync
Version: