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		fatneckbeardz on Oct 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The cult of dd (2017) since when did dd need a block size?

nicexe on Oct 25, 2022 | [–]

This might be a GNU vs BSD thing. But even if dd doesn't need a block size, sometimes (at least in the past) the default block size is not optimal.

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