Taking an image of a disk, skipping errors:


pv -EEpa /dev/nvme0n1 > /media/mint/Backups/nvme0n1.disk

Writing an image back to a disk:

              pv disk-image.img > /dev/your/disk/device

       Zeroing a disk:

              pv < /dev/zero > /dev/your/disk/device
(Linux only): Watching file descriptor 3 opened by another process 1234:

              pv -d 1234:3

       (Linux only): Watching all file descriptors used by process 1234:

              pv -d 1234
Some suggested common switch combinations:

       pv -ptebar
              Show a progress bar, elapsed time, estimated completion time, byte counter, average rate, and current rate.

       pv -betlap
              Show a progress bar, elapsed time, estimated completion time, line counter, and average rate, counting lines instead of bytes.

       pv -t  Show only the elapsed time - useful as a simple timer, e.g.  sleep 10m | pv -t.

       pv -pterb
              The default behaviour: progress bar, elapsed time, estimated completion time, current rate, and byte counter.