Added --bits option

src/main/help.c

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ void display_help(void)
 		 ("compute average rate over past SEC seconds (default 30s)")},
 		{"-b", "--bytes", 0,
 		 N_("show number of bytes transferred")},
+		{"-8", "--bits", 0,
+		 N_("show number of bits transferred")},
 		{"-T", "--buffer-percent", 0,
 		 N_("show percentage of transfer buffer in use")},
 		{"-A", "--last-written", _("NUM"),

src/main/main.c

@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	pv_state_wait_set(state, opts->wait);
 	pv_state_delay_start_set(state, opts->delay_start);
 	pv_state_linemode_set(state, opts->linemode);
+	pv_state_bits_set(state, opts->bits);
 	pv_state_null_set(state, opts->null);
 	pv_state_skip_errors_set(state, opts->skip_errors);
 	pv_state_stop_at_size_set(state, opts->stop_at_size);

src/main/options.c

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ opts_t opts_parse(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"rate", 0, NULL, (int) 'r'},
 		{"average-rate", 0, NULL, (int) 'a'},
 		{"bytes", 0, NULL, (int) 'b'},
+		{"bits", 0, NULL, (int) '8'},
 		{"buffer-percent", 0, NULL, (int) 'T'},
 		{"last-written", 1, NULL, (int) 'A'},
 		{"force", 0, NULL, (int) 'f'},
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ opts_t opts_parse(int argc, char **argv)
 	int option_index = 0;
 #endif
 	char *short_options =
-	    "hVpteIrabTA:fnqcWD:s:l0i:w:H:N:F:L:B:CESR:P:d:m:";
+	    "hVpteIrab8TA:fnqcWD:s:l0i:w:H:N:F:L:B:CESR:P:d:m:";
 	int c, numopts;
 	unsigned int check_pid;
 	int check_fd;
@@ -234,6 +235,11 @@ opts_t opts_parse(int argc, char **argv)
 			opts->bytes = true;
 			numopts++;
 			break;
+		case '8':
+			opts->bytes = true;
+			opts->bits = true;
+			numopts++;
+			break;
 		case 'T':
 			opts->bufpercent = true;
 			numopts++;