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− | * <code>progress</code> <ref>https://github.com/Xfennec/progress</ref>: Linux tool to show progress for cp, mv, dd. See also: [[pv]]<ref>https://linux.die.net/man/1/pv</ref> (Pipe Viewer). Example: <code>progress -m</code> | + | * <code>[[progress]]</code> <ref>https://github.com/Xfennec/progress</ref>: Linux tool to show progress for cp, mv, dd. See also: [[pv]]<ref>https://linux.die.net/man/1/pv</ref> (Pipe Viewer). Example: <code>progress -m</code> |
* <code>[[dd]]</code> | * <code>[[dd]]</code> | ||
Revision as of 14:46, 14 January 2020
cp
[1] command is used for copying files and directories. It lacks progress bar indicator[2], but you can use progress -w
command to display the percentage of copied data or use rsync[3] command.
Ansible also includes a cp module with limited scalability (>hundreds of files) [4]
Options
-a, --archive
-l, --link
hard link files instead of copying
Activities
- Understand the differences between cp, scp and rsync: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20244585/how-does-scp-differ-from-rsync
- Understand
--sparse
option and usage cases - Learn how to not overwrite a file with
-n, --no-clobber
option[5] or usingrsync -a -v --ignore-existing src dst
Related commands
See also
cp
,dd
,sftp
,scp
,rsync
,casync
,mv
,fio
,ln
,docker cp, kubectl cp
,minikube cp
,multipass transfer
,Copy-Item
,Xcopy
progress
[6]: Linux tool to show progress for cp, mv, dd. See also: pv[7] (Pipe Viewer). Example:progress -m
dd
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Source: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Linux/Basic_commands/cp
- ↑ http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/cp.1.html
- ↑ https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/65077/is-it-possible-to-see-cp-speed-and-percent-copied
- ↑ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6339287/copy-or-rsync-command
- ↑ https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/copy_module.html
- ↑ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9392735/linux-how-to-copy-but-not-overwrite
- ↑ https://github.com/Xfennec/progress
- ↑ https://linux.die.net/man/1/pv
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