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Is it possible to use the Linux CLI to move and rename duplicates at the same time?
I'd like to know if it's possible to move/copy files using the command line and automatically rename conflicting files? I scoured the forums and found different suggestions but none of them worked. So ...
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Why is Overwriting a File So Slow onto a Thumb Drive?
I use a USB thumb drive to back up my most important data. I have noticed that some files write very slowly and I finally realized what is different about them. These are files that are being over-...
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Linux - Copy only new and larger files
I have two directories with thousands of files which contain more or less the same files.
How can I copy all files from dirA to dirB which are not in dirB or if the file exists in dirB only overwrite ...
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Why is it faster to copy than overwrite?
I noticed this in general: its faster to copy a large file from my computer to my USB than it is to overwrite it. For example, I have a file a.txt thats 10 gb. If my USB is blank and I copy my file to ...
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is there a way to prespecify to overwrite files with same name?
Connections to network drives are ridiculously slow (e.g. 15kb/sec on really good days) and when I'm copying files I leave my desk. My problem is when there is a file with the same name to be ...
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