Shell on Michael Hönnighttps://michael.hoennig.de/en/tags/Shell/Recent content in Shell on Michael HönnigHugo -- gohugo.ioen-US© 2026 Michael HönnigSat, 26 May 2018 00:00:00 +0200Showing a progress bar for a long running find/xargs Linux bash shell pipehttps://michael.hoennig.de/en/blog/2018/2018-05-26-showing-a-progress-bar-for-a-long-running-find-xargs-linux-bash-shell-pipe/Sat, 26 May 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://michael.hoennig.de/en/blog/2018/2018-05-26-showing-a-progress-bar-for-a-long-running-find-xargs-linux-bash-shell-pipe/Wouldn&rsquo;t it be cool having something like <code>find ... | xargs -L100 --show-progress-bar ...</code>? Unfortunately this feature does not exist in <code>xargs</code>. This article explains how the same result can be achieved by other means.