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		ak217 on July 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Linux tool to show progress for cp, rm, d... Very cool. Is there a reason why Linux tools don't react to SIGINFO, other than just "not implemented"?

_ofdw on July 12, 2014 | [–]

As far as I'm aware, Linux tools do react to various signals, just not SIGINFO because it comes from BSD and Linux just doesn't use that particular signal.

You can check dd progress by sending USR1, for example.

ak217 on July 13, 2014 | | [–]

I just wish there was a control sequence keystroke like Ctrl+I to get programs to do that.

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