rsync -ah --info=progress2 /home/user/data/ /mnt/backup/data/

Category: Backup & Restore

rsync -ah --info=progress2 /home/user/data/ /mnt/backup/data/

Copy with one overall progress bar

--info=progress2 shows a single progress bar for the whole transfer instead of one per file, and -h prints human-readable sizes. Ideal for huge trees where per-file progress would flood the screen. Combine with -a for attribute preservation.
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