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If you can trust to have gnu tar on both side, you can reduce typing. I usually do: tar c files.txt orDir | ssh -C host tar x -C /dest/dir

• coatmatter 8y ago
  What about just typing rsync -havz --progress source destination? -h for human-readable numbers -a for archive mode -v and --progress for verbose info -z for compression during transfer Add a -n for a dry run if required. https://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync https://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync One of the people who came up with it - Andrew Tridgell - was more or less "responsible" for Linux and BitKeeper parting ways, which in turn ultimately lead to the creation of Git. I think it's a fascinating story. Excellent tools. The progress / speed display is the main thing that keeps me coming back to rsync even though other tools might manage the same job - not seeing the progress of a copy is what had me searching for that solution in the very first place.
  • phre4k 8y ago
    Yo dawg, I heard you like progress, so check out rsync's --info=progress2 You can use it since rsync version 3.1.0.
    • coatmatter 8y ago
      Hah I've seen that in the man a few times but always feel too lazy to call it up. Next time I'll give it another go!