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progress indicator in terminal?
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brandon`
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May 28, 2005, 07:00 PM
 
im new to unix commands and i wonder if there is a way to show progress in the terminal for when copying or moving large files?
     
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May 28, 2005, 11:03 PM
 
Only if the particular CLI executable draws one themself.
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May 29, 2005, 12:41 AM
 
You could write a shell script that does it for you, and then alias them to cp and mv in bash. I'm sure if you google around for a bit that you could find something on the net.
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