set limit to data transfer/copy speed

Question

On command-line and/or file managers (such as nautilus), how do we set an upper limit to data transfer/copy speed?

I haven't found anything on the manuals of cp or mv. I wan't to know this since I'm having problems putting files in a MicroSD cards of Class 4. Transferring small amounts is fine, but when I put up a large queue of files (like 100 files totaling 10 GB), an "input/output error" appears and then, the SD card gets locked and I cannot delete or do anything with it. Setting a transfer speed would probably fix it.

Answer 1

I think scp -l 500 original /some/destination/ might me your best option.
Where:

• -l Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.

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