Commandline Tools for Linux (may work in other environments too)
"wcs" Stream Meter
This small tool can be put between commands and prints the
number of bytes piped through it to STDOUT. The name is derived from
"wc stream", although it does not count words or lines.
Very useful for things like progress reporting, and a lot easier
to use than the similar functionality of "dd".
Very simple compile instructions at the start of the source file.
Example output:
root@gate:~# cat /dev/zero | wcs > /dev/null
read: 6.717 GB [ 6717444096 B] avg: 1.120 GB/sec [ 6 sec]
wcs source
Last update: October, 2014 Arno
Wagner