http://nerdboys.com/2008/02/07/how-to-copy-a-file-and-get-a-progress-bar-in-linux/ Tech tips, news and reviews Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:35:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://nerdboys.com/2008/02/07/how-to-copy-a-file-and-get-a-progress-bar-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Sebastian Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:35:00 +0000 http://jojosoho.com/?p=34#comment-112 Sadly, the more complex a filename is, the less fun is this command, because it forces you to type it twice.<br/>Although this is not an issue as long as files are named a, b or bigfile, it can get nasty with spaces and all the escaping needed.<br/>Is there any way to change the behaviour towards, say pv bigfile > /path/to/target/, so target/ will contain bigfile? Sadly, the more complex a filename is, the less fun is this command, because it forces you to type it twice.
Although this is not an issue as long as files are named a, b or bigfile, it can get nasty with spaces and all the escaping needed.
Is there any way to change the behaviour towards, say pv bigfile > /path/to/target/, so target/ will contain bigfile?

]]> http://nerdboys.com/2008/02/07/how-to-copy-a-file-and-get-a-progress-bar-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Jonathan Ng Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:20:00 +0000 http://jojosoho.com/?p=34#comment-111 Exactly what I was trying to figure out. Thanks! :) Exactly what I was trying to figure out. Thanks! :)

]]> http://nerdboys.com/2008/02/07/how-to-copy-a-file-and-get-a-progress-bar-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Jay Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:37:00 +0000 http://jojosoho.com/?p=34#comment-110 Ah, that is exactly what I was looking for while transferring a 5GB file! Thanks for that! Ah, that is exactly what I was looking for while transferring a 5GB file! Thanks for that!

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