4 ms·Why "echo 0 | dd of=foo" and not simply "echo 0 > foo"?by Ecco 11y agoWhy "echo 0 | dd of=foo" and not simply "echo 0 > foo"?nautical 11y agoecho 0 > foo //wont work with sudo .. sudo echo 0 > foo //will fail ... sudo sh -c 'echo 0 > file' //If you want echo with sudo else what author has done is righttomsthumb 11y agopiping to `sudo tee <fname>` is also a nice alternative