A wrapper for non-BSD install command to behave as a BSD's install command when using -v option.

bsd_like_install

#!/bin/bash
## Let non-BSD install command to behave as a BSD's install command
## when using -v option.

verbosep=false
case "$1" in
-*v*) verbosep=true;;
esac

$verbosep && {
  target="$3/$(basename $2)"
  stamp_old="$(ls -l $target)"
}

install "$@" && $verbosep && {
  stamp_new="$(ls -l $target)"
  test "$stamp_old" != "$stamp_new" && echo install "$@" || true
}