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The process of moving data from one location to another, such as copying files over a network or to an external device.

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How to transfer files from/to an Android device with ADB via GUI?

Do you know if there is an Ubuntu program (possibly a Nautilus plugin) to transfer files from/to an Android device? What is my mind is a program which does adb push, adb pull, and adb shell ls in the background and has a GUI. Note that ADB allows…
Mohammad Moghimi
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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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Is Data Transfer between 2 Ubuntu Machines possible via USB-Cable?

I have two machines with Ubuntu 14.04, right next to each other. But no network ((W)LAN). Can I transfer data from one machine to the other via usb-cable? And if so, how?
Creech
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How can I queue file operations?

When I pick and choose files to copy to or from a single device, Nautilus accumulates file operations in parallel: I worry that in certain circumstances this could cause fragmentation of the destination device, or transfer slowdowns due to…
ændrük
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How to send/receive files via Bluetooth using commands/Terminal?

I have installed Bluetooth dongle software and with the help of commands (using a terminal), I want to send and receive files from a smartphone. How can I pair my devices and send files over Bluetooth using Terminal?
Akshay N. Shelke
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How do I scp a filename with spaces?

I'm having a little difficulty using scp to transfer files from a remote computer. The issue apparently has to do with the name of the directory the files are contained in. They're on a CD drive called photos 4 (with a space between photos and 4).…
Alcuin Arundel
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Where are bluetooth received files saved

I have used Blueman and the default Bluetooth manager an every time I accept the file transfer from the Phone to the PC, it shows that it is transferring and even notifies me that the transfer was successful but I can not find the image anywhere.…
Luis Alvarado
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Transfer files between two remote SSH servers

Is there an easy way to transfer files between two SSH/SFTP servers? The perfect solution would be FileZilla, but it only lets you create a connection between local and remote, but not between remote and remote. Theoretically I could open two…
Socrates
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Access Windows 10 Shared Folder from Ubuntu 18.04

I would like to share files between Windows and Ubuntu. In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, I could access shared folder on a Windows machine on my local network my navigating to Other locations in Files (Nautilus), accessing the Windows network, and browse. After…
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How to copy files between two computers using SSH

Situation: I have 2 computers: Pc_A and Pc_B. I am also using a SSH connection that goes from A to B. My problem: I have a folder saved on the desktop of Pc_A and I need to copy it to the desktop of Pc_B via terminal. The thing is that once I open…
Federico Gentile
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How to restore file copy / transfer status window?

I'm working on ubuntu 11.10 GNOME Classic. I copying file(~40GB) to External HD. while file copy in progress I mistakenly minimized the status window. After that I cant reopen that status window. b'z of that I cant identify whether that the…
Baya
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Decrease of transfer rate when copying large amount of data

I am using a Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS system (4.10.0-40-generic) with two HDD's and several partitions on each disk. When I copy data (<5GB) between the two disk I get a transfer rate around 70 MB/s. However, when I try to copy a large amount of data…
user3074126
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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/Music/*.mp3 /media/kalenpw/HDD/Music however this…
kalenpw
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Moving large amount of files (~ 100 000)

I work with folders that contain a lot of files, like 100 000 or even 1 000 000 files per folder. When I try to move the content of a folder into another, my computer always gets stuck. Even when the process seems finished, I can't see the content…
Hyperion
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Can't transfer files from Android to Ubuntu via USB cable

I am using Ubuntu 21.10. I tried to transfer files from my Android phone (Redmi Note 4) to my laptop via USB cable by enabling the file transfer option on the phone. Ubuntu detects my phone, but when I tried to open files in my phone on the laptop,…
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