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* Added status=progress for base usage * condensed knowledge * Added info * Changed one use * improved wording Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> * Improved wording Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> * Improved wording Co-authored-by: Lena <126529524+acuteenvy@users.noreply.github.com> * Swap link from gnu to posix Co-authored-by: Vitor Henrique <87824454+vitorhcl@users.noreply.github.com> * Revert 4M to numeric * moved `if` and `of` to be the last arguments * Updated linux equivalent of dd * Removed `status=progress` from common * improved spacing Co-authored-by: Vitor Henrique <87824454+vitorhcl@users.noreply.github.com> * replaced 100 with placeholder Co-authored-by: Vitor Henrique <87824454+vitorhcl@users.noreply.github.com> * replaced 100 with description last commit was actually also this Co-authored-by: Vitor Henrique <87824454+vitorhcl@users.noreply.github.com> * Removed bad space * removed bad space * removed newline at end of file --------- Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> Co-authored-by: Lena <126529524+acuteenvy@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Vitor Henrique <87824454+vitorhcl@users.noreply.github.com>pull/23/head
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> Convert and copy a file.
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> Convert and copy a file.
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> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dd>.
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> More information: <https://manned.org/man/dd.1p>.
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- Make a bootable USB drive from an isohybrid file (such like `archlinux-xxx.iso`):
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- Make a bootable USB drive from an isohybrid file (such as `archlinux-xxx.iso`):
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`dd if={{path/to/file.iso}} of=/dev/{{usb_drive}}`
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`dd if={{path/to/file.iso}} of=/dev/{{usb_drive}}`
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- Clone a drive to another drive with 4 MiB block and ignore error:
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- Clone a drive to another drive with 4 MiB block size and flush writes before the command terminates:
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`dd if=/dev/{{source_drive}} of=/dev/{{dest_drive}} bs={{4194304}} conv={{noerror}}`
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`dd bs={{4194304}} conv={{fsync}} if=/dev/{{source_drive}} of=/dev/{{dest_drive}}`
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- Generate a file of 100 random bytes by using kernel random driver:
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- Generate a file with a specific number of random bytes by using kernel random driver:
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`dd if=/dev/urandom of={{path/to/random_file}} bs={{100}} count={{1}}`
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`dd bs={{100}} count={{1}} if=/dev/urandom of={{path/to/random_file}}`
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- Benchmark the write performance of a disk:
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- Benchmark the sequential write performance of a disk:
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`dd if=/dev/zero of={{path/to/file_1GB}} bs={{1024}} count={{1000000}}`
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`dd bs={{1024}} count={{1000000}} if=/dev/zero of={{path/to/file_1GB}}`
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- Generate a system backup into an IMG file:
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- Create a system backup and save it into an IMG file (can be restored later by swapping `if` and `of`):
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`dd if={{/dev/drive_device}} of={{path/to/file.img}}`
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`dd if={{/dev/drive_device}} of={{path/to/file.img}}`
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- Restore a drive from an IMG file:
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`dd if={{path/to/file.img}} of={{/dev/drive_device}}`
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> Convert and copy a file.
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> Convert and copy a file.
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> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dd>.
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> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dd>.
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- Make a bootable USB drive from an isohybrid file (such like `archlinux-xxx.iso`) and show the progress:
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- Make a bootable USB drive from an isohybrid file (such as `archlinux-xxx.iso`) and show the progress:
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`dd if={{path/to/file.iso}} of={{/dev/usb_drive}} status=progress`
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`dd status=progress if={{path/to/file.iso}} of={{/dev/usb_drive}}`
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- Clone a drive to another drive with 4 MiB block, ignore error and show the progress:
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`dd if={{/dev/source_drive}} of={{/dev/dest_drive}} bs={{4M}} conv={{noerror}} status=progress`
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`dd bs={{4M}} conv={{fsync}} if={{/dev/source_drive}} of={{/dev/dest_drive}}`
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`dd if=/dev/urandom of={{path/to/random_file}} bs={{100}} count={{1}}`
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`dd bs={{100}} count={{1}} if=/dev/urandom of={{path/to/random_file}}`
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- Benchmark the write performance of a disk:
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- Benchmark the write performance of a disk:
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`dd if=/dev/zero of={{path/to/file_1GB}} bs={{1024}} count={{1000000}}`
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`dd bs={{1M}} count={{1000000}} if=/dev/zero of={{path/to/file_1GB}}`
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`dd if={{/dev/drive_device}} of={{path/to/file.img}} status=progress`
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`dd if={{/dev/drive_device}} of={{path/to/file.img}}`
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`dd if={{path/to/file.img}} of={{/dev/drive_device}} status=progress`
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- Check the progress of an ongoing dd operation (run this command from another shell):
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- Check the progress of an ongoing dd operation (run this command from another shell):
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