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27.Dd November 2, 2021
28.Dt DPV 1
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm dpv
32.Nd stream data from stdin or multiple paths with dialog progress view
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Op options
36.Sm off
37.Op Ar bytes Cm \&:
38.Ar label
39.Sm on
40.Nm
41.Op options
42.Fl m
43.Sm off
44.Op Ar bytes1 Cm \& :
45. Ar label1
46.Sm on
47.Ar path1
48.Oo
49.Sm off
50.Op Ar bytes2 Cm \&:
51.Ar label2
52.Sm on
53.Ar path2
54.Ar ...
55.Oc
56.Sh DESCRIPTION
57.Nm
58provides a dialog progress view, allowing a user to see current throughput rate
59and total data transferred for one or more streams.
60.Pp
61The
62.Nm
63utility has two main modes for processing input.
64.Pp
65The default input mode, without
66.Ql Fl m ,
67.Nm
68reads bytes from standard input.
69A label for the data must be provided.
70.Pp
71The secondary input mode, with
72.Ql Fl m ,
73.Nm
74reads multiple paths
75.Pq up to 2047 or Dq ARG_MAX/2-1 ,
76sequentially.
77.Pp
78Data read in either mode is either thrown away
79.Pq default ,
80sent to a spawned instance of the program specified via
81.Ql Fl x Ar cmd ,
82or sent to a unique file specified by
83.Ql Fl o Ar file .
84.Pp
85With or without
86.Ql Fl m ,
87progress is displayed using one of
88.Xr dialog 3
89.Pq default ,
90.Xr dialog 1
91.Pq see Ql Fl D ,
92or instead
93.Xr Xdialog 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xdialog
94.Pq see Ql Fl X .
95.Pp
96The following options are available:
97.Bl -tag -width "-b backtitle"
98.It Fl a Ar text
99Display
100.Ar text
101below the file progress indicator(s).
102.It Fl b Ar backtitle
103Display
104.Ar backtitle
105on the backdrop, at top-left, behind the dialog widget.
106When using
107.Xr Xdialog 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xdialog ,
108this is displayed inside the window
109.Pq at the top
110followed by a separator line.
111.It Fl D
112Do not use the default interface of
113.Xr dialog 3 ,
114but instead spawn an instance of
115.Xr dialog 1 .
116The path to
117.Xr dialog 1
118is taken from the
119.Ev DIALOG
120environment variable or simply
121.Dq Li dialog
122if unset or NULL.
123.It Fl d
124Debug mode.
125Print dialog prompt data to standard out and provide additional debugging on
126standard error.
127.It Fl h
128Produce a short syntax usage with brief option descriptions and exit.
129Output is produced on standard error.
130.It Fl I Ar format
131Customize the multi-file format string used to update the status line.
132Ignored when using either
133.Ql Fl D
134or
135.Ql Fl X
136which lack the ability to display the status line
137.Pq containing bytes/rate/thread information .
138Default value
139is
140.Dq Li %'10lli bytes read @ %'9.1f bytes/sec. [%i/%i busy/wait] .
141This format is used when handling more than one file.
142.It Fl i Ar format
143Customize the single-file format string used to update the status line.
144Ignored when using either
145.Ql Fl D
146or
147.Ql Fl X
148which lack the ability to display the status line
149.Pq containing bytes/rate/thread information .
150Default value
151is
152.Dq Li %'10lli bytes read @ %'9.1f bytes/sec. .
153This format is used when handling one file.
154.It Fl k
155Keep tite.
156Prevent visually distracting initialization/exit routines for scripts running
157.Xr dialog 1
158several times.
159.It Fl L Ar size
160Label size.
161If negative, shrink to longest label width.
162.It Fl l
163Line mode.
164Read lines from input instead of bytes.
165.It Fl m
166Multi-input mode.
167Instead of reading bytes from standard input, read from a set of paths
168.Pq one for each label .
169By default, each path is processed sequentially in the order given.
170.It Fl N
171No overrun.
172If enabled, stop reading known-length inputs when input reaches stated length.
173.It Fl n Ar num
174Display at-most
175.Ar num
176progress indicators per screen.
177If zero, display as many as possible.
178If negative, only display the main progress indicator.
179Default is 0.
180Maximum value is 10.
181.It Fl o Ar file
182Output data to
183.Ar file .
184The first occurrence of
185.Ql %s
186.Pq if any
187in
188.Ql Ar file
189will be replaced with the
190.Ar label
191text.
192.It Fl P Ar size
193Mini-progressbar size.
194If negative, don't display mini-progressbars
195.Pq only the large overall progress indicator is shown .
196If zero, auto-adjust based on number of files to read.
197When zero and only one file to read, defaults to -1.
198When zero and more than one file to read, defaults to 17.
199.It Fl p Ar text
200Display
201.Ar text
202above the file progress indicator(s).
203.It Fl T
204Test mode.
205Simulate reading a number of bytes, divided evenly across the number of files,
206while stepping through each percent value of each file to process.
207Appends
208.Dq Li [TEST MODE]
209to the status line
210.Pq to override, use Ql Fl u Ar format .
211No data is actually read.
212.It Fl t Ar title
213Display
214.Ar title
215atop the dialog box.
216Note that if you use this option at the same time as
217.Ql Fl X
218and
219.Ql Fl b Ar backtitle ,
220the
221.Ar backtitle
222and
223.Ar title
224are effectively switched
225.Pq see BUGS section below .
226.It Fl U Ar num
227Update status line
228.Ar num
229times per-second.
230Default value is
231.Ql Li 2 .
232A value of
233.Ql Li 0
234disables status line updates.
235If negative, update the status line as fast as possible.
236Ignored when using either
237.Ql Fl D
238or
239.Ql Fl X
240which lack the ability to display the status line
241.Pq containing bytes/rate/thread information .
242.It Fl w
243Wide mode.
244Allows long
245.Ar text
246arguments used with
247.Ql Fl p
248and
249.Ql Fl a
250to bump the dialog width.
251Prompts wider than the maximum width will wrap
252unless using
253.Xr Xdialog 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xdialog ;
254see BUGS section below.
255.It Fl X
256Enable X11 mode by using
257.Xr Xdialog 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xdialog
258instead of
259.Xr dialog 1
260or
261.Xr dialog 3 .
262.It Fl x Ar cmd
263Execute
264.Ar cmd
265.Pq via Xr sh 1
266and send it data that has been read.
267Data is available to
268.Ar cmd
269on standard input.
270With
271.Ql Fl m ,
272.Ar cmd
273is executed once for each
274.Ar path
275argument.
276The first occurrence of
277.Ql %s
278.Pq if any
279in
280.Ql Ar cmd
281will be replaced with the
282.Ar label
283text.
284.El
285.Sh ENVIRONMENT
286The following environment variables are referenced by
287.Nm :
288.Bl -tag -width ".Ev USE_COLOR"
289.It Ev DIALOG
290Override command string used to launch
291.Xr dialog 1
292.Pq requires Ql Fl D
293or
294.Xr Xdialog 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xdialog
295.Pq requires Ql Fl X ;
296default is either
297.Ql dialog
298.Pq for Ql Fl D
299or
300.Ql Xdialog
301.Pq for Ql Fl X .
302.It Ev DIALOGRC
303If set and non-NULL, path to
304.Ql .dialogrc
305file.
306.It Ev HOME
307If
308.Ql Ev $DIALOGRC
309is either not set or NULL, used as a prefix to
310.Ql .dialogrc
311.Pq i.e., Ql $HOME/.dialogrc .
312.It Ev USE_COLOR
313If set and NULL, disables the use of color when using
314.Xr dialog 1 .
315Does not apply to
316.Xr Xdialog 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xdialog .
317.El
318.Sh DEPENDENCIES
319If using
320.Ql Fl D ,
321.Xr dialog 1
322is required.
323.Pp
324If using
325.Ql Fl X ,
326.Xr Xdialog 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xdialog
327is required.
328.Sh FILES
329.Bl -tag -width "$HOME/.dialogrc" -compact
330.It Pa $HOME/.dialogrc
331.El
332.Sh EXAMPLES
333Simple example to show how fast
334.Xr yes 1
335produces lines
336.Pq usually about ten-million per-second; your results may vary :
337.Bd -literal -offset indent
338yes | dpv -l yes
339.Ed
340.Pp
341Display progress while timing how long it takes
342.Xr yes 1
343to produce a half-billion lines
344.Pq usually under one minute; your results may vary :
345.Bd -literal -offset indent
346time yes | dpv -Nl 500000000:yes
347.Ed
348.Pp
349An example to watch how quickly a file is transferred using
350.Xr nc 1 :
351.Bd -literal -offset indent
352dpv -x "nc -w 1 somewhere.com 3000" -m label file
353.Ed
354.Pp
355A similar example, transferring a file from another process and passing the
356expected size to
357.Nm :
358.Bd -literal -offset indent
359cat file | dpv -x "nc -w 1 somewhere.com 3000" 12345:label
360.Ed
361.Pp
362A more complicated example:
363.Bd -literal -offset indent
364tar cf - . | dpv -x "gzip -9 > out.tgz" \\
365	$( du -s . | awk '{print $1 * 1024}' ):label
366.Ed
367.Pp
368Taking an image of a disk:
369.Bd -literal -offset indent
370dpv -o disk-image.img -m label /dev/ada0
371.Ed
372.Pp
373Writing an image back to a disk:
374.Bd -literal -offset indent
375dpv -o /dev/ada0 -m label disk-image.img
376.Ed
377.Pp
378Zeroing a disk:
379.Bd -literal -offset indent
380dpv -o /dev/md42 "Zeroing md42" < /dev/zero
381.Ed
382.Sh SEE ALSO
383.Xr dialog 1 ,
384.Xr sh 1 ,
385.Xr Xdialog 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xdialog ,
386.Xr dialog 3
387.Sh HISTORY
388A
389.Nm
390utility first appeared in
391.Fx 10.2 .
392.Sh AUTHORS
393.An Devin Teske Aq dteske@FreeBSD.org
394.Sh BUGS
395.Xr Xdialog 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xdialog ,
396when given both
397.Ql Fl -title Ar title
398.Pq see above Ql Fl t Ar title
399and
400.Ql Fl -backtitle Ar backtitle
401.Pq see above Ql Fl b Ar backtitle ,
402displays the backtitle in place of the title and vice-versa.
403.Pp
404.Xr Xdialog 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xdialog
405does not wrap long prompt texts received after initial launch.
406This is a known issue with the
407.Ql --gauge
408widget in
409.Xr Xdialog 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xdialog .
410.Pp
411.Xr dialog 1
412does not display the first character after a series of escaped escape-sequences
413(e.g., ``\\\\n'' produces ``\\'' instead of ``\\n'').
414This is a known issue with
415.Xr dialog 1
416and does not affect
417.Xr dialog 3
418or
419.Xr Xdialog 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xdialog .
420.Pp
421If your application ignores
422.Ev USE_COLOR
423when set and NULL before calling
424.Xr dpv 1
425with color escape sequences anyway,
426.Xr dialog 3
427and
428.Xr dialog 1
429may not render properly.
430Workaround is to detect when
431.Ev USE_COLOR
432is set and NULL and either not use color escape sequences at that time or use
433.Xr unset 1
434.Xr [ sh 1 ]
435or
436.Xr unsetenv 1
437.Xr [ csh 1 ]
438to unset
439.Ev USE_COLOR ,
440forcing interpretation of color sequences.
441This does not effect
442.Xr Xdialog 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xdialog ,
443which renders the color escape sequences as plain text.
444See
445.Do
446embedded "\\Z" sequences
447.Dc
448in
449.Xr dialog 1
450for additional information.
451