Here's me hitting it 4 times: [/tmp]$ cp bigfile bigfile2 load: 1.78 cmd: gcp 93... | Hacker News

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mef on July 13, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Linux tool to show progress for cp, rm, d...

Here's me hitting it 4 times:

    [/tmp]$ cp bigfile bigfile2
    load: 1.78  cmd: gcp 93420 running 0.00u 0.04s
    load: 1.78  cmd: gcp 93420 running 0.00u 0.10s
    load: 1.80  cmd: gcp 93420 uninterruptible 0.00u 0.16s
    load: 1.80  cmd: gcp 93420 uninterruptible 0.00u 0.26s
    [/tmp]$

gaadd33 on July 15, 2014 [–]

What is gcp? It sounds like you have some alias setup for cp and that's interfering.

Try: /bin/cp bigfile bigfile2

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