How To Know The Progress Of Program Running Like Bwa Index Or Aln?

Question

[Tonyzeng]

Thank you for your answer, my question is that how to know progress of BWA index or aln when It is running under linux.

Answer 1

[Devon Ryan]

There's no exact method. You have to look at the output file size and compare that against what you expect the final size to be. This is largely a guesstimate.