Is there a command line utility that copy files with progress information?

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cp gets the job done but it would be nice if it had a little more feedback. Are there any utilities out there that do this? Personally, my ideal feedback would be a progress bar. But, I would take something as basic as output listing the files being copied as they are completed.

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rsync --progress? http://mpov.timmorgan.org/use-rsync-instead-of-cp — Mikel, May 20 '12 at 21:42

Ulrich Dangel · Answer 1 · 2012-05-20T21:54:12.003

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gcp has a integrated progress bar
rsync with the --progress option will show you the current file being copied
pv supports progress bars. You can do something like pv source > target

Of course there are plenty of other ways to do the same (like using strace to hook into cp or patching the original cp)

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answered May 20 '12 at 21:43

Ulrich Dangel

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Is there a command line utility that copy files with progress information?

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