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Useless Use of "dd" (2015)
tl;dr: dd works for reading and writing disks, but it has no "low level I/O" capabilities that make it more suited for this than any other shell utility. Like cat you should use it where it makes sense, e.g. to take advantage of its wide array of options, rather than try to ensure that all disk related commands begin…
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Software EngineeringTools & Productivity2022
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2022 | Useless Use of "dd" (2015) by RaoulP | 395 | 252 |
| Jan 8, 2017 | Dd is not a disk writing tool (2015) by Ianvdl | 359 | 198 |
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