systat gives a curses updating view of a bunch of things. For example systat -ifstat 1 updates once per second and shows network load.
^T in any tool sends SIGINFO. Most tools that have long-running behaviour will print what they’re doing. For example, tar or cp will show what they’re copying and how far they are. I don’t know how people use the Linux command-line without this.
Misses two of my favourite things:
systatgives a curses updating view of a bunch of things. For examplesystat -ifstat 1updates once per second and shows network load.^Tin any tool sendsSIGINFO. Most tools that have long-running behaviour will print what they’re doing. For example,tarorcpwill show what they’re copying and how far they are. I don’t know how people use the Linux command-line without this.Some other commands only available on FreeBSD are: