How to know % of read file in cat?

[Hakisho Nukama]

On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Eduardo Morras <emorrasg at yahoo.es> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I use cat to read a file and pass it to another app, the command is this:
>
> camibar% cat file.git | fossil import --git file.fossil
>
> It takes a lot of time, file.git is 12GB, and i want to know if there's some 'magic' trick can I use to show me how many bytes or the % of the file.git cat sent to the other app.
>
> Maybe cat isn't the correct tool?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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Hello Eduardo Morras,

try hitting CTRL+T while running a command to show some process information.

Best Regards,
Hakisho Nukama