Progress

Is there a way to see any tar progress per file?
I have a couple of big files that I would like to compress. I can do this with for example tar cvfj big-files.tar.bz2 folder-with-big-files The problem is that I can't see any progress, so I don't have a clue how long it will take or anything ...

How do I measure or track the progress of a command on a GNU distro?
If I run cp file1 file2 I'd like to be able to track it's progress. Is there a command I can use for this? rsync --progress has this, but is there something generic, usable for "any" comman...

Fedora Boot Progress Bar
Can we customize the boot progress bar in fedora 12? If yes, than how to customize it? ...

progress bar for Hibernation in Windows Seven
On XP, during hibernation a progress bar shows me how long I have to wait for completing the operation. On Seven, I see no progress bar and the monitor turn off at once while the OS saves the ram on the disk. Same thing during the wake up process after the hibernation. Is it possible ...

question about the progress bar while formatting removable drives in windows
Why is the progress bar in windows operating systems not really displaying the progress of the format. It is only displaying when the format is already completed. What I'm trying to say is , you cannot really see that the progress bar is moving until the format is completed. ...

Why has the size of L1 cache not increased very much over the last 20 years?
The Intel i486 has 8 KB of L1 cache. The Intel Nehalem has 32 KB L1 instruction cache and 32 KB L1 data cache per core.&#...

Is there a reason the partition tool GParted doesn't show a percentage finish number initially?
I am using GParted more, and it seems to do a reliable work. I just wonder why if the tasks is to resize a 250GB partition to 190GB, and then create a new partition, the first 10, 15 minutes, there is only a blue bar moving left and right, but there won't be an indicator showing h...

Windows XP doesnt start, it freezes at boot logo
The progress bar at windows logo doesnt work and disk does nothing, i once left it for a few hours and screen has not changed. I tried this from recovery console bootcfg /rescan(or something like that) fixmbr fixboot chkdsk /R nothing ha...

Windows 7 progress bar sometimes turns yellow - glitch or feature?
The pulsating green progress bar sometimes turns yellow in Windows 7. It happens in multiple apps, but I can't tell the exact conditions under which it occurs. Does it mean anything or is it a glitch? ...