The fact that it was added relatively recently is exactly why it's so obscure. Unlike if, of, bs and count, I haven't had status=progress drilled into my head b

The fact that it was added relatively recently is exactly why it's so obscure. Unlike if, of, bs and count, I haven't had status=progress drilled into my head by every single dd command I've read out of a manual or tutorial, so even now I still forget whether it's "status=progress" or "progress=status" or something else. Also it's a victim of dd's bizarre non-Unix syntax - an option like "--status" or "--progress" would be more in keeping with expectations.