I’m having problems when copying large files using nautilus (it gets stuck). I need to copy, using cp. I would like to know if there are any parameters that shows the % copied and also the transfer speed.
cp -r is meant to copy files recursively, and cp -R for copying directories recursively. But I’ve checked, and both appear to copy both files and directories, the same thing. So, what’s the difference actually?
I have a collection of files ( *.zip, *.txt, *.tar.gz, *.doc, …etc ). These files reside within a path. I want to find all the files ( *.txt), then copy, only, the text files that contain specific words ( e.g LINUX/UNIX).
How to move directories that have files in common from one to another partition ?
I’m trying to copy the Documents and Settings folder of a Windows XP system over to an NTFS external disk using a USB Live of Puppy Linux.
I’m trying to understand what cp --preserve=links does when used by itself, from my tests it seems that it copies a normal file normally and dereferences symlinks, but it seems like it just has the same effect as cp -L when used on a single file.
Is it possible to check the progress of running cp process? Some processes respond to various KILL signals so that you can check what is their status. I know that I can run cp with parameter -v but what if forgot to do that, cp is running for a very long time and I want to know which file is being copied, or how many were already copied.
This answer reveals that one can copy all files – including hidden ones – from directory src into directory dest like so: