Transfer files over an Ethernet patch cable

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64 bytes from fd42:dead:beef::1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0. 649 ms 64 bytes from fd42:dead:beef::1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0. 376 ms 64 bytes from fd42:dead:beef::1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0. 414 ms 64 bytes from fd42:dead:beef::1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0. 340 ms socat - TCP6-LISTEN:1234 | dd status=progress > big_file. tar. gz These commands assume you are using Linux, but this trick works everywhere. Fancy network cards will allow speeds orders of magnitude faster, but it's already much faster than most USB flash or cloud storage. ... for transferring a file larger than 10 GB or so between two machines a few meters apart.

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