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You can get progress for cp by piping through pv from moreutils. What I do though is use rsync -P, which accepts most of cp syntax.

• _joel 5y ago
  I also use pv when dd'ing stuff. Super useful, no need to send USR1 signals
  • zajio1am 5y ago
    There is status=progress dd option.
    • _joel 5y ago
      Depends which dd you use and what version.
• selfhoster11 5y ago
  That's for one file. It won't help for directories, unless you tar on one side and then untar on the other.