Question about mv command

[vonedaddy]

I have read the man page but I thought I saw this done somewhere else.

Anyway, I routinely have to move around large files via ssh. Is there anyway I can see the progress of the mv while its happening?

For example, if I use ftp via the command line I can enter hash mode which shows me a # as I am transferring.

Just wondering if there was anything similar to this with the mv or cp commands??

[aleph]

Something like this may help?

$ mv /path/to/file . & watch ls -l file

No progress bar but you get a report on the file status every two seconds.

[Carme]

scp copies files over ssh and displays its progress.

[vonedaddy]

Originally Posted by Carme

scp copies files over ssh and displays its progress.

I am not copying, I am moving files from one filesystem to another on the same machine.

[Carme]

So use scp to copy and then delete the original. It can copy locally.

[vonedaddy]

Originally Posted by Carme

So use scp to copy and then delete the original. It can copy locally.

hmmm... never thought of that. I will give it a try

[sideways]

use pv command (yum install pv) with cat, then rm the original afterwards

cat <sourcefile> | pv -s <filesize> -p -e -r > <destinationfile>
rm <sourcefile>

http://jkeating.livejournal.com/64342.html

edit: last comment on that page suggests you can just do

pv  -p -e -r -n sourcefile > destinationfile

[aleph]

Originally Posted by sideways

use pv command (yum install pv) with cat, then rm the original afterwards

cat <sourcefile> | pv -s <filesize> -p -e -r > <destinationfile>
rm <sourcefile>

http://jkeating.livejournal.com/64342.html

edit: last comment on that page suggests you can just do

pv  -p -e -r -n sourcefile > destinationfile

wow, that's cool