cp.sh

#!/bin/sh
# SCRIPT:  copyx ver 1.0, 14-9-2011
# PURPOSE: Copies files and shows the progress of copying.
# Usage Example: ./copyx my100gbfiles.tar.gz /path/to/destination/my100gbfiles.tar.gz
strace -q -ewrite cp -- "${1}" "${2}" 2>&1 |
  awk '{
cal += $NF
if (cal % 10 == 0) {
    percentage = cal / totalsize * 100
    printf "%3d%% [", percentage
    for (i=0;i<=percentage;i++)
        printf "="
        printf ">"
        for (i=percentage;i<100;i++)
            printf " "
            printf "]\r"
        }
}
END { print "" }' totalsize=$(stat -c '%s' "${1}") cal=0