dd now outputs total bytes, seconds, and bytes per second.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2718526d57989911d6059de1dab244c8c3aea39a..de35aade47d5fdbcc9e6592a425161c62e497fe2 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   copying or moving multiple times to the same destination in a file
   system with a coarse time stamp resolution.
 
+  dd now also prints the number of bytes copied, the time, and the
+  transfer rate.
+
   dd has new conversions for the conv= option:
 
     nocreat   do not create the output file