Polish up `dd` a little more

pull/100/head
terminalforlife 4 years ago
parent 2c6531caba
commit 23164992c0

@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
# Read from {/dev/urandom} 2*512 Bytes and put it into {/tmp/test.txt}
# Note: both iterations each read 512 Bytes (the selected block size).
# dd
# Convert and copy a file (AKA: Destroyer of Disks)
# Read from `/dev/urandom`, 2*512 Bytes, and put it into `/tmp/test.txt`.
# Note: each iteration reads 512 bytes (the selected block size).
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/test.txt count=2 bs=512
# Watch the progress of dd(1).
@ -20,10 +23,10 @@ done
# installed with the following command: apt-get install pv zenity
(
pv -n /dev/zero | dd of=/dev/null bs=128M conv=notrunc,noerror
) 2>&1 | zenity --title 'Running dd command (cloning), please wait...' --progress
) 2>&1 | zenity --title 'Cloning with dd(1) -- please wait...' --progress
# Watch the progress of dd(1) with the built-in `progress` functionality, -
# introduced in coreutils v8.24.
# introduced in CoreUtils v8.24.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=128M status=progress
# DD with "graphical" return

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