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How to use dd (Linux copy tool) with progress indicator

/dev/sdcdd, the ubiquitous copy tool of Unix/Linux, now comes in with a decent built-in progress indicator.
You can run it by the command-line option: status=progress
Example:

dd status=progress if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb

Notice how I didn’t add the bs option and used the default. In my experiences the default works best.
Tested on: Ubuntu

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