The -v flag is pretty common for Linux commands. It enables verbose mode, which is useful to see what happens in the background when you run a command. For the cp command specifically, the -v flag ...
If you have two machines running Windows and Linux and want to copy files from one to another, this step-by-step guide will help you get the job done. You can use PowerShell Remoting Over SSH to copy ...
Want to try Linux but dread the command line? Don't worry - there's likely a GUI that can handle whatever you need.