What this snippet does
-P keeps partial files and shows progress, so an interrupted transfer resumes.
Expected output
release.iso 1.42G 87% 11.2MB/s
Why practise typing this
Typing archives & transfer code builds muscle memory for the symbols and indentation Linux uses most, which prose-based typing tests never cover. DevType measures your words per minute and accuracy on this snippet and tracks the individual characters you mistype, so later lessons can target them.
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