Installing pv command
1. Debian based distributions:
$ apt-get install pv
2. RedHat based distributions
$ yum install pv
pv command in Linux with Examples
pv is a terminal-based (command-line based) tool in Linux that allows us for the monitoring of data being sent through pipe. The full form of pv command is Pipe Viewer. pv helps the user by giving him a visual display of the following,
- Time Elapsed
- Completed Progress (percentage bar)
- Current data transfer speed (also referred to as throughput rate)
- Data Transferred
- ETA (Estimated Time) (Remaining time)