Hi, I'm looking for a 'cp' alternative with some sort of status indication. Either a percentage count or a progress bar. Any suggestions?

Thanks

you could use scp

scp <file> localhost:<destination>

well, i find some problems with that. please correct me if i'm wrong, but scp uses ssh for file transfer. so when i connect to localhost then it prompts me for password.

i plan to use this often because i do quite a bit copying of large directories. and the syntax differences can be fixed with a script, but the password thing can get a bit annoying

EDIT:
Also, if anyone know of more than one program, i would love to have a indicator on how much it's copying by the minute or any sort of speed indicator. but let's not get carried away here ;D

Just use an ssh-agent, and the password is only required once (in a given while).

Alternatively, you could use bar (which is very customizable).

wow, thanks.

i'm going for bar, need some time to fiddle with that and some script though.

but thanks alot ;D

Or use authorised-keys with ssh ie uses certs instead of passwd, which you setup once only.