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Didn'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/it
by cat199 10y ago
Didn'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.