diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index b29d5e20..c78b506f 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -565,6 +565,11 @@ alias pypypip3=pippypy3
 # Usage: apt-random <minimum length>
 alias apg-random="apg -a1 -M LCN -m"
 
+# cp/mv using rsync. rcp appears to be link to scp in my system, so I can
+# safely use this alias.
+alias rcp="rsync -a --progress"
+alias rmv="rsync -a --progress --remove-source-files"
+
 # Allow custom aliases to be put in .aliases or .bash_aliases .
 
 # .aliases
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 60b79560..afd8cce2 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -535,6 +535,11 @@ alias pypypip3=pippypy3
 # Usage: apt-random <minimum length>
 alias apg-random="apg -a1 -M LCN -m"
 
+# cp/mv using rsync. rcp appears to be link to scp in my system, so I can
+# safely use this alias.
+alias rcp="rsync -a --progress"
+alias rmv="rsync -a --progress --remove-source-files"
+
 # .aliases
 if [ -f ~/.aliases ]; then
     source ~/.aliases