When will this script finish doing its job?

Posted by eldersnake on Dec 1, 2017 8:02 AM EDT
The Linux Rain; By Bob Mesibov
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Several of my data-auditing scripts take a long time to execute. Until recently I had no way of knowing how long they'd take. I'd enter the command for the script, press Enter and wait. And wait.

I've now discovered the pipeline viewer or pv command, which tracks the progress of my scripts.

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