Unix quick tip - tar with progress
tar with progress bar tar cf - /folder-with-big-files -P | pv -s $(du -sb /folder-with-big-files | awk '{print $1}') | gzip > big-files.tar.gz to install pv first we need to add the repo create /etc/yum.repos.d/ivarch.repo : [ivarch] name=RPMs from ivarch.com baseurl=http://www.ivarch.com/programs/rpms/$basearch/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 import public key rpm --import http://www.ivarch.com/personal/public-key.txt yum install pv -y trying it out