dd progress indicator on Linux

Published: 2018-07-07. Last Updated: 2018-07-07 00:31:25 UTC
by Didier Stevens (Version: 1)
6 comment(s)

When I have to use dd (if I can, I use dc3dd) I try to remember to include option status=progress to have a progress indicator.

Last time on a Linux machine, I forgot to include that option. Reading the man page for a solution, I found this:

I could get a progress indication, without having to restart dd with the missing status option, by sending it the sigusr1 signal (on Linux).

 

Didier Stevens
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Keywords: dd
6 comment(s)

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Such a great tip! Again... waiting right in front of our eyes, on the man page all along. Thanks.

Anonymous

Jul 7th 2018
6 years ago

nice tip. I like pv also. dd if=/xxx | pv | dd of=/yyy

Anonymous

Jul 8th 2018
6 years ago

Good tip! I was not familiar with pv.

Anonymous

Jul 8th 2018
6 years ago

This works really well so long as you remember to send the correct signal. Otherwise, it can be somewhat embarrassing to find out that your dd has somehow died (*cough* caught a kill signal)

I may or may not have done this before... :-)

Anonymous

Jul 8th 2018
6 years ago

Thanks for the tip! I too found pv because I couldn't achieve progress with dd.

Anonymous

Jul 9th 2018
6 years ago

[quote=comment#41626]nice tip. I like pv also. dd if=/xxx | pv | dd of=/yyy[/quote]

Useless use of dd!

</xxx pv >/yyy

Anonymous

Jul 9th 2018
6 years ago

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