Rosetta permute. Generate simple progress from rsync.

progress.md

Rosetta rsync output parsing

Comparing various text "permuters" to show pretty output for rsync

awk Winner

rsync --info=progress2 * test@192.168.1.142:/tmp/new/ 2> /dev/null | stdbuf -i0 -o0 tr $'\r' $'\n' | awk '{printf "\rSyncing image: %s - %s",$2,$3}'
# Syncing image: 100% - 37.30MB/s
# real	0m3.012s

perl Runner up

rsync --info=progress2 * test@192.168.1.142:/tmp/new/ 2> /dev/null | perl -e '$/ = "\r"; $| = 1; while(<STDIN>){/.* (\d+%)   (.*\/s).*/;print "\rSyncing image: $1 - $2";}'
# Syncing image: 100% - 30.56MB/s
# real	0m3.607s

sed Dead last

rsync --info=progress2 * test@192.168.1.142:/tmp/new/ 2> /dev/null | stdbuf -i0 -o0 tr $'\r' $'\n' | sed -une  "s|.* \([0-9]*\%\).* \([0-9]*\.[0-9]*[a-zA-Z/]*\) .*|Syncing image: \1 - \2|p" | stdbuf -i0 -o0 tr $'\n' $'\r'
# Syncing image: 100% - 27.18MB/s
# real	0m4.000s