# Instead of dragging 5 folders, run this to copy them one by one for file in "/source/dir1" "/source/dir2" "/source/dir3"; do pv -tpreb "$file" | dd of="/destination/$(basename $file)" bs=1M done
On Windows, TeraCopy is the gold standard for moving large files. It is dynamic, it skips corrupted files instead of crashing the whole transfer, and it verifies data integrity with CRC checks. Naturally, when you move to Ubuntu, Fedora, or Linux Mint, the first thing you search for is "TeraCopy for Linux." teracopy linux
The Teracopy developers plan to continue improving the utility, with potential features including: # Instead of dragging 5 folders, run this