Watch commands and tasks with the Linux watch command

Clock, pen, and notepad on a desk

There are many times when you need to wait for something to finish, such as:

  • A file download.
  • Creating or extracting a tar file.
  • An Ansible job.

Some of these processes have some sort of progress indication, but sometimes the process is run through a layer of abstraction, and the only way to measure the progress is through its side effects. Some of these might be:

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