cpx is a command-line utility for Linux that rethinks the classic cp command with an emphasis on speed, resilience, and a better terminal experience.
Written in Rust, it’s designed for copying files and directories efficiently, including larger project trees and backup workloads, while offering progress feedback and recovery options that go beyond traditional copy tools.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Uses parallel copy operations to improve throughput on multi-core systems.
- Shows customizable progress bars for long-running copy jobs.
- Can resume interrupted transfers with checksum verification.
- Supports gitignore-style exclude patterns for selective copying.
- Offers configurable parallel jobs, force and interactive overwrite modes, and target-directory handling.
- Includes hard link and symbolic link modes, plus symlink dereference controls.
- Can preserve file attributes and also copy attributes only when needed.
Website: github.com/11happy/cpx
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Developer: Bhuminjay Soni
License: MIT License
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Related Software
| Alternatives to cp | |
|---|---|
| xcp | Extended cp written in Rust |
| fcp | Significantly faster alternative to cp |
| gcp | Goffi's cp, a fancy file copier |
| pycp | cp and mv with a progressbar |
| rsync | Fast incremental file transfer |
| Fast Unix Commands | Provides alternatives for rm and cp |
| renameutils | Make copying files faster and less cumbersome |
| cpy-cli | Accepts globs and creates non-existent destination directories. |
| cpz | Zippy alternative to cp |
| lunas | Syncing tool handling more than two directories locally and remotely |
| BCMR | Better Copy Move Remove |
| cpx | Modern replacement for the traditional cp command |
| advcpmv | Patch for cp |
| RCP Tools | Manage large filesets |
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