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Use pv and dd to copy an iso-file to an usb stick while showing the progress
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| dd if=openSUSE-12.1-DVD-x86_64.iso | pv --eta --size 4628414464 --progress --bytes --rate --wait > /dev/sdc |
In case you need sudo to write to /dev/sdc:
pv openSUSE-12.1-DVD-x86_64.iso | sudo dd of=/dev/sdc
I used dd for ages but after I read about pv I switched. 👍
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Why not (except that maybe this didn't work 5 years ago :) )
pv openSUSE-12.1-DVD-x86_64.iso > /dev/sdc