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How do I copy a file larger than 4GB to a USB flash drive?

I am trying to copy a 6GB file to a USB flash drive but it won't copy.
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Recursively copy files from one directory to another

I have all my music in a folder /media/kalenpw/MyBook/Music/ABunchOfOtherFoldersWithFilesInside. I want to copy all of the mp3s to /media/kalenpw/HDD/Music so I used: cp -R /media/kalenpw/MyBook/...
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Copy and paste doesn't work in the terminal

Before you go marking this as a dupe, I know about Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V I try to use them, and it doesn't work. On one particular Ubuntu computer, normal copy paste commands do not work: ...
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Copying files from PC to Pendrive gets stuck at the end on Ubuntu 16.04

I don't know why it's happening only to me. Whenever copying bigger or sometimes smaller < 1GB files from PC to pendrive literally gets stuck at the end.
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How can I copy a file to a new location, creating the directory as well

I want to cp a file to another directory but that directory doesn't exist yet. So I would do: mkdir /new_place cp the_file /new_place Can I do this in one? I imagine something like cp the_file -m /...
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How can I make a backup of an EFI System partition?

Before I start making changes to the ESP I want to make a backup of it. Can I just copy the files and directories within it, let's say with my file manager, or cp, or do I have to use some tool like ...
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nautilus freezes on copy action (not during transfer)

when i do ctrl+c or hit menu => copy, Nautilus freezes on several seconds. This doesnt happen on paste. If i open nautilus on console, no related error is shown. I tried upgrading from 16.10 to 17....
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How can I make ultracopier handle cut-copy-paste function in nautilus?

I want UltraCopier to manage the copy instead of Nautilus. When I open Nautilus, select a file or folder Ctrl+C (or X), open another folder then Ctrl+V, I want this: instead of this: Homepage
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How to only append to clipboard (but not overwrite current data)?

I have a rather large file, I need to copy the entire contents somewhere, but when I scroll down the page all the data I have selected becomes unselected. I could just copy and paste block by block, ...
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How do I find and copy an arbitrary list of files in terminal?

I'm trying to get my head around finding files in terminal at the moment. I've found a lot of answers about how to find files to a specific pattern, such as files ending in a certain extension, or ...
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Progress bar for copy disappears

When I make long copy operations (which usually is to USB-flash memories), the progress window often disappears completely if I put it out of focus. I have tried some hints using alt/tab and wmctrl, ...
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Copy hook to write to a file

Often I read a text and need to copy some text blocks to a separate file. Usually, I use copy/paste to some file like a.txt. Is it possible I do only copy (CTRL+C) for the same effect writing to the ...
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copying/deleting files never ends in ubuntu

I just deleted some files from directory but deleting progress never ends, it happens often, once I didn't turn off pc 3 days and progress was still not finished.. what might be the problem?
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How do I copy my Windows 7 derived files off my USB to Ubuntu?

This seems to be a newbie question but I can't seem to find any specific answers. I am (finally) getting rid of my Windows 7 machine but need to copy all the data files off it to my Ubuntu. I ...
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No progress bar when copying files with newer versions of Nautilus (Ubuntu 17.10 and later)

When copying or moving files on Ubuntu 17.10, I can't see any progress bar. I checked as well all opened windows but I can't see any progress window. Please any ideas or suggestions would greatly be ...
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System freezes on copying or pasting

I am using LibreOffice Version: 6.0.7.3 Build-ID: 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.10 CPU-Threads: 12; BS: Linux 4.15; UI-Render: Standard; VCL: gtk3; on an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. When copying something, the ...
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File transfer is freezing while copying [duplicate]

When I make any data transfer process (from computer to usb), after a couple of seconds file transfer process freezes. It be normal after a few minutes later but again freezes. If there would no ...
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How do I backup everything on Ubuntu 20.04?

I would like to backup everything on my computer (as simply as poss) and save it somewhere else like a usb drive. For example I would like to copy everything, my desktop, theme, all my favourites from ...
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Copy a folder in Ubuntu 14.04

I am trying to copy a folder. But I am getting error Error while copying "file.zip". On the other hand if I try use copy to, I am getting this error : Error while coping. The folder "file" ...
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Quickly select entire page in Okular

Okular provides a nice way to copy a selection from a pdf onto the clipboard as an image. Most of the time I'm interested in copying the entire page, but I haven't found a way to make a selection ...
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How to avoid certain directory or files while copying from main directory?

Suppose I have a directory structure as the following: main folder sub directory sub2 directory I want to avoid copying a specific directory or files while copying from main folder. I have ...
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Copy and Paste only working on second attempt

just wondering if anybody else is experiencing a weird issue I am able to replicate across multiple machines running Ubuntu 19.04 I have updated all machines to the latest repo packages, and this ...
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unusual behavior copying files to USB memory stick

I am attempting to copy about 188GB of files from my Ubuntu 22.04 HD onto a 1TB memory stick. The stick is writable by the system, in that about 50% of the files I wish to copy HAVE been copied each ...
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Unable to move files to desktop

I have just switched from Mac OS X to Ubuntu. The mac I'm using is macbook pro 2012. Ubuntu will not allow me to move files (folders, music, pdfs, etc.) from my usb stick to the desktop. When I ...
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Mouse copy in LibreOffice working every second time

HP-EliteBook-Folio-9470m, Ubuntu 19.10, LibreOffice Version: 6.3.4.2 Build ID: 1:6.3.4-0ubuntu0.19.10.1. Mouse copy works every second time. Example: copy 1, paste 1, copy 2, paste 1,copy 3, paste 3, ...
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run netcat on crontab

I have 2 systems 1: 192.168.0.31 2: 192.168.0.32 From system 1 terminal I executed below command tar -zcf - test | pv | nc -l -p 5555 -q 5 From system 2 terminal I executed below command nc 192....
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16.04 - Copy Dialog disappears and nothing seems to work

I am in the middle of a massive file transfer. The file transfer window either never shows up or disappears when I move to another folder. I have tried everything to bring it back and no, i did not ...
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virtualbox's copy and paste between host and base not working

I am using virtual box on ubuntu 16.04 but I am not able copy-paste between my base machine Ubuntu and vm Kali. Based on suggestion I have tried below commands: I have enabled by bidirectional shared ...
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Automatically copy incoming files to multiple folders then remove the source files [duplicate]

I would like to know automated script for copying source files from directory to multiple directories and after copying files remove the source files from the source directory We have one folder where ...
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Copying folder and subfiles/folders via terminal.

To start this off, I've always been a windows user so I feel like I'm in over my head right now and will probably come off as ignorant, so my apologies. My goal is to copy a windows store app folder ...
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copying files from multiple directory to another multiple directory

let assume, I have two folders; folder_1 and folder_2. There are another 24 folders in each folder (folder_1 and folder_2). Each sub-folder of folder_1 contains 1 text file whose name is ...
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Copying to USB pen drive slows everything

Every time when I copy large files from my laptop to any pen drive (USB) on my Ubuntu 14.04, all processes slow down. Even the mouse pointer slows and is stuck. If I open multiple tasks, many of them ...
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