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If i have a folder with over 300 pictures I'm unable to copy it with the Ubuntu built-in file manager from one file manager window to an other one; it gets stuck at the middle and I then need to log out/log in to start my file manager again.

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04. How can I copy large folders in the file manager?

Zanna
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raxim
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Use the Terminal instead of the file manager:

  1. press CRTL+ALT+T or choose Terminal from the launcher
  2. navigate to the source directory by typing cd /path/to/source
  3. use cp * /path/to/destination to copy all files to the desired destination directory. Don't worry, if this takes a while and you don't get any output.
  4. check the content of your destination directory

Note:
If you have other files than the 300 Pictures in the Directory, you may want to use something like *.jpg instead of * in the cp command to copy only files ending with .jpg.

Wayne_Yux
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  • It's not answer for the question @Wayne_Yux, as then i can remove the whole GTK+ stuff, Total commander is far more faster under wine also. – raxim Jan 31 '17 at 12:16