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Linux: Get a Progress Bar with the dd Command

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nixCraft has a nifty how-to on how to get a visible progress bar when using the dd command. Lots of people looking for this functionality. It uses the pv command.

Sample:
```
pv -tpreb /dev/vda | dd of=/dev/vdb
```
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