Command-line tool

pv

brew/pv

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Monitor data's progress through a pipe

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install pv

Linux

brew install pv

Print the contents of the file and display a progress bar

pv path/to/file

Measure the speed and amount of data flow between pipes (`--size` is optional)

command1 | pv -s expected_amount_of_data_for_eta | command2

Filter a file, see both progress and amount of output data

pv -cN in path/to/file.txt | grep pattern | pv -cN out > path/to/filtered_file.txt

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