Refer: http://askubuntu.com/questions/17275/progress-and-speed-with-cp
$ rsync -ah --progress source destination
$ alias copy="rsync -ah --progress"
$ alias copydir="rsync -ahr --progress"

Technical notes, and other ideas.
Refer: http://askubuntu.com/questions/17275/progress-and-speed-with-cp
$ rsync -ah --progress source destination
$ alias copy="rsync -ah --progress"
$ alias copydir="rsync -ahr --progress"