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