diff -ur mysql-5.1.30/client/client_priv.h mysql-5.1.30-andrew/client/client_priv.h
--- mysql-5.1.30/client/client_priv.h	2008-11-14 16:34:15.000000000 +0000
+++ mysql-5.1.30-andrew/client/client_priv.h	2008-12-09 09:20:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -80,5 +80,5 @@
   OPT_FIX_TABLE_NAMES, OPT_FIX_DB_NAMES, OPT_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT,
   OPT_DEBUG_INFO, OPT_DEBUG_CHECK, OPT_COLUMN_TYPES, OPT_ERROR_LOG_FILE,
   OPT_WRITE_BINLOG, OPT_DUMP_DATE,
-  OPT_MAX_CLIENT_OPTION
+  OPT_MAX_CLIENT_OPTION, OPT_SHOW_PROGRESS
 };
diff -ur mysql-5.1.30/client/mysql.cc mysql-5.1.30-andrew/client/mysql.cc
--- mysql-5.1.30/client/mysql.cc	2008-11-14 16:34:16.000000000 +0000
+++ mysql-5.1.30-andrew/client/mysql.cc	2008-12-09 09:33:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@
 	       tty_password= 0, opt_nobeep=0, opt_reconnect=1,
 	       default_charset_used= 0, opt_secure_auth= 0,
                default_pager_set= 0, opt_sigint_ignore= 0,
-               show_warnings= 0, executing_query= 0, interrupted_query= 0;
+               show_warnings= 0, executing_query= 0, interrupted_query= 0,
+               show_progress= 0;
 static my_bool debug_info_flag, debug_check_flag;
 static my_bool column_types_flag;
 static my_bool preserve_comments= 0;
@@ -1506,6 +1507,9 @@
   {"show-warnings", OPT_SHOW_WARNINGS, "Show warnings after every statement.",
     (uchar**) &show_warnings, (uchar**) &show_warnings, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 
     0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+  {"show-progress", OPT_SHOW_PROGRESS, "Show progress during an import.",
+    (uchar**) &show_progress, (uchar**) &show_progress, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
+    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -1827,6 +1831,12 @@
            (uchar) line[2] == 0xBF)
         line+= 3;
       line_number++;
+
+      if (show_progress == 1)
+      {      
+        if ((line_number % 1000) == 0)
+          fprintf(stderr,"Processing line: %lu\r", line_number);
+      }
       if (!glob_buffer.length())
 	status.query_start_line=line_number;
     }