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How to show linux “cmp” command progress?

Is there a way to show the progress when running the cmp command? Comparing large files or partitions using cmp can take a while. I have searched google and used man cmp, but failed to find any ...
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How does browser know how much page has been loaded?

Looking at the progress bar of browser which sometimes slows down near the end during a web-page loading, I was wondering whether the browser shows progress based on the size of elements present on ...
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Only output header and summary with robocopy.exe

I'm using Robocopy and just want it to output the header and summary, hiding everything else. I've looked at the Robocopy syntax and have tried: /NC /NFL /NS /NDL /NP However I'm still getting this: ...
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excel 2007 project/milestone progess bar

I want to display project progress in Excel 2007. Is there a way to show a progress bar like filled for completed percentage and empty until end date for a milestone or the whole project. It seems I ...
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Why does the progress bar reset multiple times in .msi installers?

There is a really weird thing that has bugged me for Windows Installers (mostly .msi ones, but sometimes others too). Namely, the progress bar resets multiple times during the operation, rendering it ...
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Is there a way to see any tar progress per file?

I have a couple of big files that I would like to compress. I can do this with for example tar cvfj big-files.tar.bz2 folder-with-big-files The problem is that I can't see any progress, so I don't ...
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How do I measure or track the progress of a command on a GNU distro?

If I run cp file1 file2 I'd like to be able to track it's progress. Is there a command I can use for this? rsync --progress has this, but is there something generic, usable for "any" command?
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Fedora Boot Progress Bar

Can we customize the boot progress bar in fedora 12? If yes, than how to customize it?
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progress bar for Hibernation in Windows Seven

On XP, during hibernation a progress bar shows me how long I have to wait for completing the operation. On Seven, I see no progress bar and the monitor turn off at once while the OS saves the ram on ...
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Progress bar while formatting removable drives is inacruate

Why is the progress bar in windows operating systems not really displaying the progress of the format. It is only displaying when the format is already completed. What I'm trying to say is, you ...
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Why has the size of L1 cache not increased very much over the last 20 years?

The Intel i486 has 8 KB of L1 cache. The Intel Nehalem has 32 KB L1 instruction cache and 32 KB L1 data cache per core. The amount of L1 cache hasn't increased at nearly the rate the clockrate has ...
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Is there a reason the partition tool GParted doesn't show a percentage finish number initially?

I am using GParted more, and it seems to do a reliable work. I just wonder why if the tasks is to resize a 250GB partition to 190GB, and then create a new partition, the first 10, 15 minutes, there ...
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Windows 7 progress bar sometimes turns yellow - glitch or feature?

The pulsating green progress bar sometimes turns yellow in Windows 7. It happens in multiple apps, but I can't tell the exact conditions under which it occurs. Does it mean anything or is it a glitch? ...