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I'm using wget to upload files using the POST method. Sometimes the file is quite big. Is there a way to show the progress, like it does with download?

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wget does not have a progress bar for file uploads, bur curl does. Use the -T to specify the file, and -# to specify that you want a progress bar. Here is an example:

$ dd if=/dev/zero of=file count=4068
4068+0 records in
4068+0 records out
2082816 bytes (2.1 MB) copied, 0.0459911 seconds, 45.3 MB/s
$ curl -T file -# -o output http://pastebin.com/
######################################################################## 100.0%
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    -o output is required, otherwise the progress bar will not show up. This command can also be used for uploading files to MS SharePoint. – linasj Mar 11 '12 at 21:56
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    You can use -o /dev/null to still see a progress bar but not write output to file anywhere. – Adambean Sep 18 '21 at 20:02