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 c

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.