I use pv(1) all the time. Not a standard command, but everyone should install it and start using it. It replaces dd for most use cases and Just Does The Right Thing by default. It's part of my required packages list on every system, along with strace, htop, iotop, and vim.https://twitter.com/Yeah1Whatever/status/991568978479910913 …
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Ah, ok. I nearly always just use cat and not dd in that case. Was thinking about offset/count mainly.
pv can do count, but not offset. Also pv uses splice(2), which means it's way faster than dd, and you don't have to worry about coming up with an efficient block size.
