gxp - Graphical Copy Utility - for those who'd like to have fun in bash!
Copy gxp into /opt/gxp so the binary becomes /opt/gxp/gxp.
Add alias gxp=/opt/gxp/gxp into ~/.bashrc
Then issue source ~/.bashrc
Next time you open up a terminal use gxp name instead of cp:
gxp myfile ~/mydir