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		ed25519FUUU on Oct 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The cult of dd (2017) I almost always use ‘dd’ even though there’s better options because it plays friendly with sudo, unlike pipes and io redirects. Can you even use ‘>’ io redirects with sudo?

hiq on Oct 25, 2022 | [–]

Use tee instead of a redirect?

rascul on Oct 25, 2022 | [–]

echo hi | bash -c 'cat >/tmp/hi'

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