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It doesn't quite get dd, as well. http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=dd+if%3D%2Fdev%2Furandom+of%3Dtest.iso+bs%3D10M+count%3D10 http://explainshell.com/explai
by tuxxy 10y ago
It doesn't quite get dd, as well.
http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=dd+if%3D%2Fdev%2Furandom+of%3Dtest.iso+bs%3D10M+count%3D10 http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=dd+if%3D%2Fdev%2Furandom...
- cat199 10y agoDidn't you hear? dd is a 'cult', and you should use 'standard' commands like pv instead, so this is totally okay, in fact good. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13896675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13896675
- bigbugbag 10y agoFirst comment from your link debunks the whole ordeal. pv is for monitoring the progress of data going through a pipe, hardly related to dd.