Progress is a Linux system utility designed to monitor the real-time data transfer progress of active system commands. It functions as a process monitor that reads the proc filesystem to calculate the throughput and estimated completion time of data-intensive tasks.
The tool specifically tracks the progress of running Linux commands such as copy, move, and disk duplicate operations. It provides visual status indicators, including completion percentages and current transfer speeds, for standard utilities that do not include their own progress bars.
The utility's observability capabilities cover the monitoring of file system operations and disk image management by tracking file descriptors and byte offsets.
