MPB(1)                      General Commands Manual                     MPB(1)



NNAAMMEE
       mpb - more progress bar

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       mmppbb [--oo] [--vv] [--ss] [--ww_W_I_D_T_H] [_T_O_T_A_L]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       Show progress of lines read from _s_t_d_i_n.

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       --oo     output _s_t_d_i_n to _s_t_d_o_u_t

       --vv     show current line

       --ss     show activity spinner

       --ww_W_I_D_T_H
              set width of progress bar (default = 32)

       _T_O_T_A_L  number of lines expected to be read until completion of task
              if _T_O_T_A_L is not given or it's zero, the progress bar will not be
              shown

EEXXAAMMPPLLEESS
       Use sseeqq((11)) to test drive mmppbb:
                  $ n=5000; seq 1 $n | mpb -vsw50 $n

       Show progress of ttaarr((11)) extraction:
                  $ f=foo.tgz; n=$(tar tf $f | wc -l); tar vxf $f | mpb -v $n



                                  2020-04-02                            MPB(1)