pv (pipe viewer)
Shares rank 59 of 86 privilege escalation tools by recommenders
Free command-line tool that shows progress, transfer speed and rate limiting for data passed between programs in a pipe.
Free command-line tool that shows progress, transfer speed and rate limiting for data passed between programs in a pipe.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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Why people recommend it
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Shows progress bar and transfer speed
“you can also do `pv /dev/sda > /mnt/myDisk2` to get transfer speed details”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Flash media longevity testing – 6 years later” “pv has a progress bar and nicer syntax.”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Shipping JPEG XL in Chrome” Rate limiting for buffer problems
“with the --rate-limit option can be used for the buffer problems”
Comment from 11 Nov 2025 in “Real VT102 Emulation with MAME” “I've had good luck using pv's (pipe viewer) rate limit.”
Comment from 14 May 2026 in “MacBook Neo Deep Dive: Benchmarks, Wafer Economics, and the 8GB Gamble”
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“Nice pro-tip! Thanks stranger.”
“pv has a progress bar and nicer syntax.”
“I've had good luck using pv's (pipe viewer) rate limit.”
“you can also do `pv /dev/sda > /mnt/myDisk2` to get transfer speed details”
“I just found this command from here and it's awesome to see these after 30 years!”
“with the --rate-limit option can be used for the buffer problems”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.