Script to monitor progress of find/exec command
 

hi all,

i want to monitor the progress of a find and exec command, this is the code i use -


Code:

find . -type f -exec md5sum {} \; >> /md5sums/file.txt


this command works and produces a text file with all the md5sums but while running it doesnt show the progress

is there anyway i can do this

many thanks,

rob

the command tee is good if i want to see the output at the same time i copy the output to a file but i want to see like an ETA and progress bar or percent

Not easily... I am not aware of any simple pipe command since find has no clue on total number of files, total bytes or how long it will take to search etc.

Did you want to monitor the/each individual md5sum cmd?
(IF not, just report after each completes here)
IF so, Idk... Maybe some strace trick, to see what block of the file it's reading...

Try like: -exec '( echo {} >/dev/tty; md5sum {} )' \;

duplicate of https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...734/page2.html

Thread closed per above.