[SOLVED] please help!

mainah · 07-25-2013, 11:44 PM

Hi every one
am new to linux and just wondering how
i can copy files and view the copying
progress(%) Using 'cp' command.

unSpawn · 07-26-2013, 01:59 AM

Hello and welcome to LQ, hope you like it here.
That you need help is a given, so next time please use a descriptive thread title.
Have a look at the manual page for the 'pv' command (Pipe Viewer).

salasi · 07-26-2013, 10:36 AM

You may or may not have pv installed by default (and, if you don't have it, you won't have a man page to look at, until you do install it), but there is a thread here which discusses this issue.

szboardstretcher · 07-26-2013, 10:40 AM

To install pv:

yum install pv
-or-
apt-get install pv

then:

Code:

pv source_file > destination_file

Or just use rsync

To install rsync

yum install rsync
-or-
apt-get install rsync

Code:

rsync -varh --progress /somewhere/directory /somewhereelse/

mainah · 07-26-2013, 10:58 AM

Thanks alot everyone pv did just as i wanted after
installation