File transfer performance display?

[Cole Tuininga]

On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 18:10 -0400, Tom Metro wrote:
> John Abreau wrote:
> > If cstream gives you the output you want, try replacing \n with \r:
> > 
> >     ssh host run-program | cstream -T 5 -o localfile | tr '\012' '\015'
> 
> That was my thought as well. Here's a slightly heavier weight version 
> that came to mind first:
> 
> ssh host run-program | cstream -T 5 -o localfile | perl -pe 'tr/\n/\r/'

Just a small point, but most systems come with an actual "tr" command
that is lighter weight than firing up a perl interpreter.  :)

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Cole Tuininga
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