Is there a way to Download/Transfer/Copy Multiple Files at the Exact Same Time in Linux Mint?

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mintyfreshuser

Is there a way to Download/Transfer/Copy Multiple Files at the Exact Same Time in Linux Mint?

Post by mintyfreshuser »

Hi all.

Is there a way to download/transfer/copy multiple files at the exact same time in Linux Mint?

I am backing up one drive to multiple other drives, but right now it's only copying the information to one drive at a time. If this back up to multiple drives could be done at the exact same time, it would presumably save a lot of time.

If there isn't a way to download/transfer/copy multiple files at the same time in Linux Mint, does anyone know of any other way to back up information to multiple drives at the same exact time?

The distro of Linux Mint that I'm using on this secondary computer is Linux 18.3 Sylvia and the desktop environment is Cinnamon 3.6.6 if that helps.

Thank you.
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Mattyboy

Re: Is there a way to Download/Transfer/Copy Multiple Files at the Exact Same Time in Linux Mint?

Post by Mattyboy »

Using the command line, multiple terminals, allows me to move files at the same time from different source and destination paths. Not sure if the overall time to complete all operations is quicker than if you were doing it one at a time, consecutively but you can 'walk away'.

https://www.computerhope.com/unix.htm
Look up the move command

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mv

and
Copy

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cp
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