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		nailer on April 5, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the name? Another great one is 'dd' which stands for 'Copy and Convert'. Oddly enough, cc was already taken.

ivoras on April 5, 2015 [–]

Wasn't "dd" always "duplicate data"?

wantab on April 5, 2015 | [–]

Nope.

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