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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I always just accepted it as gospel because I've literally only ever seen dd advised for use for these kinds of thing ever. This is really upsetting.
Honestly these days I'm more likely to use dd to inject bytes into a file at an offset than with block devices. I want a tool that just does that, the seek/skip feature for input or output (in various units please) without the stupid. It probably exists already somewhere.
