progressbar compress decompress

progbar_gzip.md

To compress/decompress large datasets with tar/gzip:

compress script:

#!/bin/bash

indir=$1

tar cf - ${indir}  | pv -s $(du -sb ${indir} | awk '{print $1}') | gzip > ${indir}.tar.gz

decompress script:

#!/bin/bash

gzfile=$1

pv ${gzfile} | tar xz