Script to monitor progress of find/exec command

robertkwild · 09-28-2017, 06:34 AM

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

TenTenths · 09-28-2017, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robertkwild

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

Code:

man tee

robertkwild · 10-04-2017, 03:49 PM

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

michaelk · 10-04-2017, 05:00 PM

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.

!!! · 10-04-2017, 07:21 PM

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 {} )' \;

pan64 · 10-05-2017, 01:49 AM

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

michaelk · 10-05-2017, 07:14 AM

Thread closed per above.