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[https://superuser.com/questions/168749/is-there-a-way-to-see-any-tar-progress-per-file Reference] | [https://superuser.com/questions/168749/is-there-a-way-to-see-any-tar-progress-per-file Reference] | ||
Tar does not | Tar does not provide a progress bar. | ||
You can get a progress bar by piping tar through <code>pv</code>: | You can get a progress bar by piping tar through <code>pv</code>: | ||
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tar cf - $folder | pv -s $(du -sb $folder | awk '{print $1}') | pigz > $folder.tar.gz | tar cf - $folder | pv -s $(du -sb $folder | awk '{print $1}') | pigz > $folder.tar.gz | ||
</pre> | </pre> |