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Old 01-15-2013, 07:06 AM   #1
ankit0301
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gzip statistcs


suppose i zip a file using

$gzip -f filename

and the file is more than 50GB
after firing the command how can i check how much data is still left to be zipped.

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Old 01-15-2013, 07:15 AM   #2
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If you've pv on your system:

Code:
pv filename | gzip > filename.gz
 
  


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