file copy with progress?

[phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org]

Does cp -v do what you want? That  lists each file as it is copied.


> Hi there,
> I'm copying a large number of files to another drive, totalling over
> 250GB. The command cp, and scp, will show nothing while doing that
> copy. I'd love to see a progress indicator for each file in the copy
> so I know how it's coming along. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
> Aaron.
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