On Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 08:51 Ed Neville <ed-coreut...@s5h.net> wrote: > > The work around I suppose is to use dd or rsync > > dd if=... of=... status=progress > > rsync -avP
While not part of Coreutils or with as much historical provenance as dd and rsync, the task of relocating a file with progress bar or any other potential task that might involve a pipe, makes 'pv' aka 'pipe viewer' a very useful tool in the sysadmin command line arsenal. pv < filetocopy > outputfile It's also nice to use it on the output (and sometimes concurrently the input) of a pipeline involving gzip or another compressor to determine visually the input and/or output of such process. pv's utility and simplicity make it my favorite choice of the 3 listed in the simple 'file copy' scenario among many others. Mike
