diff --git a/plugins/com.noccy.pdo.shell/Shell/PdoShell.php b/plugins/com.noccy.pdo.shell/Shell/PdoShell.php
index d1bd24c..5b2d78d 100644
--- a/plugins/com.noccy.pdo.shell/Shell/PdoShell.php
+++ b/plugins/com.noccy.pdo.shell/Shell/PdoShell.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class PdoShell {
     private ?array $lastQuery = null;
 
     #[EnumSetting('output', [ 'table', 'vertical', 'dump' ])]
+    #[EnumSetting('table.style', [ 'box', 'compact', 'borderless' ])]
     private array $defaultOptions = [
         'output' => 'table',
         'table.maxwidth' => 40,
diff --git a/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/PdoExecCommand.php b/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/Commands/PdoExecCommand.php
similarity index 96%
rename from plugins/com.noccy.pdo/PdoExecCommand.php
rename to plugins/com.noccy.pdo/Commands/PdoExecCommand.php
index 13f2f3f..9da2dfa 100644
--- a/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/PdoExecCommand.php
+++ b/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/Commands/PdoExecCommand.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-namespace SparkPlug\Com\Noccy\Pdo;
+namespace SparkPlug\Com\Noccy\Pdo\Commands;
 
 use Spark\Commands\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\Table;
diff --git a/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/PdoQueryCommand.php b/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/Commands/PdoQueryCommand.php
similarity index 98%
rename from plugins/com.noccy.pdo/PdoQueryCommand.php
rename to plugins/com.noccy.pdo/Commands/PdoQueryCommand.php
index 0e1b697..7d60db8 100644
--- a/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/PdoQueryCommand.php
+++ b/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/Commands/PdoQueryCommand.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-namespace SparkPlug\Com\Noccy\Pdo;
+namespace SparkPlug\Com\Noccy\Pdo\Commands;
 
 use Spark\Commands\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\Table;
diff --git a/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/PdoStoreCommand.php b/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/Commands/PdoStoreCommand.php
similarity index 98%
rename from plugins/com.noccy.pdo/PdoStoreCommand.php
rename to plugins/com.noccy.pdo/Commands/PdoStoreCommand.php
index a77518e..7ade00b 100644
--- a/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/PdoStoreCommand.php
+++ b/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/Commands/PdoStoreCommand.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-namespace SparkPlug\Com\Noccy\Pdo;
+namespace SparkPlug\Com\Noccy\Pdo\Commands;
 
 use Spark\Commands\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\Table;
diff --git a/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/sparkplug.php b/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/sparkplug.php
index f2ba209..d40caf9 100644
--- a/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/sparkplug.php
+++ b/plugins/com.noccy.pdo/sparkplug.php
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ use SparkPlug;
 class PdoPlugin extends SparkPlug {
     public function load()
     {
-        register_command(new PdoQueryCommand());
-        register_command(new PdoExecCommand());
+        register_command(new Commands\PdoQueryCommand());
+        register_command(new Commands\PdoExecCommand());
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/runtime/functions.php b/runtime/functions.php
index e1d9927..bd72f7a 100644
--- a/runtime/functions.php
+++ b/runtime/functions.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 use Spark\Commands\Command;
 use Spark\Environment\Environment;
+use Spark\Pipe\Filters\FilterInterface;
+use Spark\Pipe\Filters\PhpFilter;
 use Spark\Resource\ResourceType;
 use Spark\SparkApplication;
 
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ function read_config($file=null) {
 
 $FILTERS = [];
 
-function register_filter(string $name, callable $filter) {
+function register_filter(string $name, string|callable $filter) {
     global $FILTERS;
     $FILTERS[$name] = $filter;
 }
@@ -98,8 +100,18 @@ function get_registered_filters(): array
     return array_keys($FILTERS);
 }
 
-function get_filter(string $name): ?callable
+function get_filter(string $name, array $args=[]): null|FilterInterface|callable
 {
     global $FILTERS;
-    return $FILTERS[$name]??null;
+    $filter = $FILTERS[$name]??null;
+    if (is_string($filter) && class_exists($filter)) {
+        $filter = new $filter;
+    }
+    if (is_callable($filter)) {
+        $filter = new PhpFilter($filter);
+    }
+    if ($filter instanceof FilterInterface) {
+        $filter->setArguments($args);
+    }
+    return $filter;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Commands/PipeCommand.php b/src/Commands/PipeCommand.php
index 20fbf64..07aac88 100644
--- a/src/Commands/PipeCommand.php
+++ b/src/Commands/PipeCommand.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ namespace Spark\Commands;
 
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Attribute\AsCommand;
 use Spark\Commands\Command;
+use Spark\Pipe\Filters\ProgressFilter;
+use Spark\Pipe\Pipeline;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
@@ -17,9 +19,9 @@ class PipeCommand extends Command
     protected function configure()
     {
         $this->addOption("list-filters", null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, "List the defined filters");
-        $this->addOption("fdin", null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, "Input fd, for reading from", 0);
-        $this->addOption("fdout", null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, "Output fd, for writing to", 1);
-        $this->addOption("fderr", null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, "Error fd, for progress report and status", 2);
+        $this->addOption("input", "i", InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, "Input file or fd, for reading from", 0);
+        $this->addOption("output", "o", InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, "Output file or fd, for writing to", 1);
+        $this->addOption("error", "e", InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, "Error file or fd, for progress report and status", 2);
         $this->addArgument("filter", InputArgument::OPTIONAL, "Pipe filter");
         $this->addArgument("args", InputArgument::OPTIONAL|InputArgument::IS_ARRAY, "Arguments to the script");
         $this->registerDefaultFilters();
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ class PipeCommand extends Command
             $hashed = password_hash($trimmed, PASSWORD_BCRYPT);
             return str_replace($trimmed, $hashed, $in);
         });
+        register_filter("progress", ProgressFilter::class);
     }
 
     protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
@@ -46,17 +49,44 @@ class PipeCommand extends Command
             return Command::SUCCESS;
         }
 
-        $fdin = "php://fd/".$input->getOption("fdin");
-        $fdout = "php://fd/".$input->getOption("fdout");
-        $fderr = "php://fd/".$input->getOption("fderr");
+        $fdin = $input->getOption("input");
+        $fdout = $input->getOption("output");
+        $fderr = $input->getOption("error");
+
+
+        $filterargs = $input->getArgument('args');
+        $args = [];
+        foreach ($filterargs as $arg) {
+            if (str_contains($arg, '=')) {
+                [$k,$v] = explode("=", $arg, 2);
+                $args[$k] = $v;
+            } else {
+                if (str_starts_with($arg, 'no-')) {
+                    $args[substr($arg,3)] = false;
+                } else {
+                    $args[$arg] = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
         $filtername = $input->getArgument("filter");
         if ($filtername) {
-            $filter = get_filter($filtername);
+            $filter = get_filter($filtername, $args);
         } else {
             $filter = null;
         }
 
+
+        $pipeline = new Pipeline();
+        $pipeline->setInputFile($fdin);
+        $pipeline->setOutputFile($fdout);
+        if ($filter) {
+            $pipeline->addFilter($filter);
+        }
+        
+        $pipeline->run();
+
+        /*
         $fin = fopen($fdin, "rb");
         $fout = fopen($fdout, "wb");
         while (!feof($fin)) {
@@ -64,6 +94,7 @@ class PipeCommand extends Command
             if (is_callable($filter)) $buf = $filter($buf);
             fputs($fout, $buf);
         }
+        */
 
         return Command::SUCCESS;
     }
diff --git a/src/Pipe/Filters/FilterInterface.php b/src/Pipe/Filters/FilterInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ae2296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pipe/Filters/FilterInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Spark\Pipe\Filters;
+
+interface FilterInterface
+{
+    public function setArguments(array $args);
+
+    public function pipe(?string $chunk);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Pipe/Filters/PhpFilter.php b/src/Pipe/Filters/PhpFilter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b129eb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pipe/Filters/PhpFilter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Spark\Pipe\Filters;
+
+class PhpFilter implements FilterInterface
+{
+    private $method;
+
+    private array $args = [];
+    
+    private static $defaultArgs = [
+    ];
+
+    public function __construct(string|callable $method)
+    {
+        $this->method = $method;
+    }
+
+    public function setArguments(array $args)
+    {
+        $this->args = array_merge(self::$defaultArgs, $args);
+    }
+
+    public function pipe(?string $chunk)
+    {
+        if ($chunk === null) {
+            return;
+        }        
+        return call_user_func($this->method, $chunk);
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Pipe/Filters/ProgressFilter.php b/src/Pipe/Filters/ProgressFilter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38f6e8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pipe/Filters/ProgressFilter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Spark\Pipe\Filters;
+
+class ProgressFilter implements FilterInterface
+{
+    private array $args = [];
+    
+    private static $defaultArgs = [
+        'max' => null,
+    ];
+
+    private ?int $max = null;
+
+    private int $current = 0;
+
+    private int $lastCurrent = 0;
+    
+    private ?int $nextRefresh = null;
+
+    private array $deltas = [];
+
+    private array $times = [];
+
+    public function setArguments(array $args)
+    {
+        $this->args = array_merge(self::$defaultArgs, $args);
+        $max = $this->args['max'];
+        if (str_starts_with($max, '@')) {
+            $this->max = filesize(substr($max,1));
+        } else {
+            $this->max = $max;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function pipe(?string $chunk)
+    {
+        if ($chunk === null) {
+            $this->nextRefresh = 0;
+            $this->refresh();
+            fwrite(STDERR, "\n");
+            return;
+        }
+        $this->current += strlen($chunk);
+        $this->refresh();
+        return $chunk;
+    }
+
+    private function refresh()
+    {
+        if (microtime(true) < $this->nextRefresh) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $now = microtime(true);
+        $delta = $this->current - $this->lastCurrent;
+        array_push($this->deltas, $delta);
+        array_push($this->times, $now);
+        while (count($this->deltas) > 10) {
+            array_shift($this->deltas);
+            array_shift($this->times);
+        }
+
+        $deltaTime = end($this->times) - reset($this->times);
+
+        if ($deltaTime > 0) {
+            $rate = array_sum($this->deltas) / $deltaTime;
+            $rateu = "b/s";
+            if ($rate > 1024) {
+                $rate /= 1024;
+                $rateu = "KiB/s";
+                if ($rate > 1024) {
+                    $rate /= 1024;
+                    $rateu = "MiB/s";
+                    if ($rate > 1024) {
+                        $rate /= 1024;
+                        $rateu = "GiB/s";
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            $rate = null;
+        }
+
+        if ($this->max) {
+            fprintf(STDERR, "\r%.1fMiB/%.1fMiB (%.1f%%) ", $this->current/1024/1024, $this->max/1024/1024, 100/$this->max*$this->current);
+        } else {
+            fprintf(STDERR, "\r%.1fMiB ", $this->current/1024/1024);
+        }
+        if ($rate) {
+            fprintf(STDERR, "(%.1f%s)", $rate, $rateu);
+        }
+        fprintf(STDERR, "\e[K");
+
+        $this->lastCurrent = $this->current;
+        $this->nextRefresh = $now + .1;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Pipe/Pipeline.php b/src/Pipe/Pipeline.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..693f3dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pipe/Pipeline.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Spark\Pipe;
+
+use Spark\Pipe\Filters\FilterInterface;
+
+class Pipeline
+{
+    
+    private $fdin;
+
+    private $fdout;
+
+    private array $filters = [];
+
+    public function setInputFile(string $filename)
+    {
+        if (ctype_digit($filename) && !file_exists($filename)) {
+            $filename = "php://fd/" . $filename;
+        }
+        $this->fdin = fopen($filename, 'rb');
+    }
+
+    public function setOutputFile(string $filename)
+    {
+        if (ctype_digit($filename) && !file_exists($filename)) {
+            $filename = "php://fd/" . $filename;
+        }
+        $this->fdout = fopen($filename, 'wb');
+    }
+
+    public function addFilter(FilterInterface $filter)
+    {
+        $this->filters[] = $filter;
+    }
+
+    public function run()
+    {
+        while (!feof($this->fdin)) {
+            ob_start();
+            $buf = fread($this->fdin, 8192);
+            foreach ($this->filters as $filter) {
+                $buf = $filter->pipe($buf);
+            }
+            ob_end_clean();
+            fwrite($this->fdout, $buf);
+        }
+        ob_start();
+        foreach ($this->filters as $filter) {
+            $filter->pipe(null);
+        }
+        ob_end_clean();
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file