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# dd
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# Convert and copy a file (AKA: Destroyer of Disks)
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# Read from `/dev/urandom`, 2*512 Bytes, and put it into `/tmp/test.txt`.
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# Note: each iteration reads 512 bytes (the selected block size).
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dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/test.txt count=2 bs=512
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# Watch the progress of dd(1).
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dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=4KB &
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export dd_pid=`pgrep '^dd'`
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while [[ -d /proc/$dd_pid ]]; do
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kill -USR1 $dd_pid && sleep 1
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clear
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done
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# Watch the progress of dd(1) with pv(1) and dialog(1), both of which can be
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# installed with the following command: apt-get install pv dialog
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(
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pv -n /dev/zero | dd of=/dev/null bs=128M conv=notrunc,noerror
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) 2>&1 | dialog --gauge "Running dd command (cloning), please wait..." 10 70 0
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# Watch the progress of dd(1) with pv(1) and zenity(1), both of which can be
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# installed with the following command: apt-get install pv zenity
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pv -n /dev/zero | dd of=/dev/null bs=128M conv=notrunc,noerror
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) 2>&1 | zenity --title 'Cloning with dd(1) -- please wait...' --progress
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# Watch the progress of dd(1) with the built-in `progress` functionality, -
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# introduced in CoreUtils v8.24.
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dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=128M status=progress
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# DD with "graphical" return
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dcfldd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=500K
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# This will output the sound from your microphone port to the ssh target
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# computer's speaker port. The sound quality is very bad, so you will hear a
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# lot of hissing.
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dd if=/dev/dsp | ssh -c arcfour -C username@host dd of=/dev/dsp
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# Show current progress without interruption (USR1)
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dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null & pid=$!
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kill -USR1 $pid
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# Create a 1GiB file with nothing but zeros, ready to mkswap(8) it.
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dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile count=1048576 bs=1024 status=progress
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