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Value or - Option Value Formats. by Default, DD Reads From: Command Line Command Line Options Stdin Stdout

dd uses the option=value syntax for command line options rather than -option or --option formats, reads from standard input and writes to standard output by default but input and output files can be specified, and usage varies across operating systems with certain capabilities like direct memory access depending on system configuration.

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Value or - Option Value Formats. by Default, DD Reads From: Command Line Command Line Options Stdin Stdout

dd uses the option=value syntax for command line options rather than -option or --option formats, reads from standard input and writes to standard output by default but input and output files can be specified, and usage varies across operating systems with certain capabilities like direct memory access depending on system configuration.

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The command line syntax of dd differs from many other Unix programs, in that it uses the

syntax option=value for its command line options, rather than the more-standard -option
value or --option=value formats. By default, dd reads from stdin and writes to stdout, but
these can be changed by using the if (input file) and of (output file) options.
Usage varies across different operating systems. Also, certain features of dd will depend on the
computer system capabilities, such as dd's ability to implement an option for direct memory
access. Sending a SIGINFO signal (or a USR1 signal on Linux) to a running dd process makes it
print I/O statistics to standard error once and then continue copying. ddcan read standard
input from the keyboard. When end-of-file (EOF) is reached, dd will exit. Signals and EOF are
determined by the software. For example, Unix tools ported to Windows vary as to the
EOF: Cygwin uses Ctrl + D (the usual Unix EOF) and MKS Toolkit uses ctrl + z (the usual
Windows EOF).

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