On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 03:09:37PM +0100, evh wrote: > On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 06:06:43PM +0200, u...@mailo.com wrote: > > Another reason to prefer the cat variant is that it lets you actually > > string together a normal shell pipeline. For instance, if you want > > progress information with cat you can combine it with the pv command: > > > > # Cat version with progress meter > > cat image.iso | pv >/dev/sdb > But you can with dd as well, and still get the useful options.
Or you can just send a sig INFO, (normally bound to ^T), to the dd process, and get the records in, records out, bytes transferred, etc.
