Can you get cp to give a progress bar like wget?

Re:Can you get cp to give a progress bar like wget? by rntz on Thursday March 04, 2010 @01:01PM (#1167535)

Alternatively, you could just write a shell function:

   cp() { pv < $1 > $2; }

(Or name the function something else if you want regular cp still available.)

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Re:Can you get cp to give a progress bar like wget? by olliesaunders on Thursday March 04, 2010 @01:58PM (#1167711)

Quote the variables.

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Re:Can you get cp to give a progress bar like wget? by rntz on Friday March 05, 2010 @03:22PM (#1170388)

Ah, good point. I'm personally used to zsh, which doesn't have that particular misfeature.

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