1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/toys/other/count.c b/toys/other/count.c
index f3b6f821..3d388e78 100644
--- a/toys/other/count.c
+++ b/toys/other/count.c
@@ -17,16 +17,22 @@ config COUNT
 
 void count_main(void)
 {
-  uint64_t size = 0;
+  struct pollfd pfd = {0, POLLIN, 0};
+  unsigned long long size = 0, last = 0, then = 0, now;
+  char *buf = xmalloc(65536);
   int len;
-  char buf[32];
 
+  // poll, print if data not ready, update 4x/second otherwise
   for (;;) {
-    len = xread(0, toybuf, sizeof(toybuf));
+    if (!(len = poll(&pfd, 1, (last != size) ? 250 : 0))) continue;
+    if (len<0 && errno != EINTR && errno != ENOMEM) perror_exit(0);
+    if ((len = xread(0, buf, 65536))) {
+      xwrite(1, buf, len);
+      size += len;
+      if ((now = millitime())-then<250) continue;
+    }
+    dprintf(2, "%llu bytes\r", size);
     if (!len) break;
-    size += len;
-    xwrite(1, toybuf, len);
-    xwrite(2, buf, sprintf(buf, "%"PRIu64" bytes\r", size));
   }
-  xwrite(2, "\n", 1);
+  dprintf(2, "\n");
 }