Any extra tips or tricks are welcome!
Yesterday I learned that set -x enables trace for a bash, sh, or zsh script and prints the trace to the terminal.
set -x
pv, which is like cat, simply copying files or stdin to stdout, but prints statistics to the terminal.
A related tip: dd isn't special in the way most people use it. This works too, if you're root: pv my-fav-distro.iso > /dev/sdc
dd
pv my-fav-distro.iso > /dev/sdc
pv, which is like cat, simply copying files or stdin to stdout, but prints statistics to the terminal.
A related tip:
dd
isn't special in the way most people use it. This works too, if you're root:pv my-fav-distro.iso > /dev/sdc