Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Chris F.A. Johnson" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: is there a cp command feature showing the percentage progress of copying? Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:53:41 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <0b78f734-80d7-4161-a1b9-138539c40232@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: cfajohnson@gmail.com Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="def1fc8f73d5cc661e1c421d248552de"; logging-data="31163"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18cEXeCb0AZZrdJKpdCdmQWDk3Cw7fbS7Y=" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+kpocW7oSwQO+MotH2cQJdXJBEw= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:7886 On 2013-04-17, www wrote: > > I am copying a lot of files from one place to another. It would be > helpful for me to know it has finished 20%, 30%, 90% etc. Is there a > way to know that? Use gentoo (the file manager, not the distro): -- Chris F.A. Johnson, Author: Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress) Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)