If you care about showing the progress pv < input.iso > /dev/sdX Is a more portable way to do that, as "status=progress" is a GNU modification to dd, as I

If you care about showing the progress pv < input.iso > /dev/sdX Is a more portable way to do that, as "status=progress" is a GNU modification to dd, as I recall. Of course the most portable is to use one of the POSIX mainstays like cat or cp.