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		Keyframe on Feb 2, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Unix Utility You Should Know About: Pipe Viewer anyone have an idea how this might work in tandem with dd, for example dd if=/dev/urandom of=1GB.bin bs=1M count=1024

blasdel on Feb 3, 2009 [–]

Easy!

  dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1M count=1024 | pv | dd of=1GB.bin

pkrumins on Feb 4, 2009 | | [–]

or simpler:

    dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1M count=1024 | pv > 1GB.bin

Keyframe on Feb 3, 2009 | | [–]

thanks!

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