Linux from the command line -- using dd
dd is another one of those core Linux tools that you need to learn how to use. Even if you only ever use it to dump bootable ISO's to USB sticks.
https://kerneltalks.com/commands/learn-dd-command-with-examples/
dd is so useful, someone once wrote a text editor that used only Bash builtins and dd.
ReplyDeleteAdrian Colley Hahaha, gotta love *nix hackers.
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of younger people didn't learn under the old UNIX way of thinking. Using a lot of small tools that do one job very well and combining them. Now they go right to the GUI and Desktop applications and if those can't do the task they don't get it done. It's a shame because there's so much effortless power waiting to be unlocked from the command line if people will only take the time to learn it.
Plus so many great hacks. Like using dd and dev random or dev zero along with dd to create empty files, or swap partitions, etc.