I think you can just invert and do tail first sudo tail -zc +513 /dev/sda | head... | Hacker News

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		fbn79 on Oct 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The cult of dd (2017) I think you can just invert and do tail first sudo tail -zc +513 /dev/sda \| head -c 512 > /tmp/boot.2

jstimpfle on Oct 26, 2022 [–]

Well now you're seeking to the offset (tail is).

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