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Re:Balena Etcher Pro – Fast write to multiple cards or USB d... by automato on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:30PM (#28160453)
you can get progress (without any other commands installed) like this:

After you start dd, open another terminal and enter either:

`sudo kill -USR1 $(pgrep ^dd$)`

Or, if you're on BSD or OS X:

`sudo kill -INFO $(pgrep ^dd$)`

https://askubuntu.com/a/215521

but etcher seems to be way faster than dd for me

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Re:Balena Etcher Pro – Fast write to multiple cards or USB d... by sam_lowry_ on Thursday August 12, 2021 @04:33PM (#28161072)
>but etcher seems to be way faster than dd for me

bs=1M will help you.

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Re:Balena Etcher Pro – Fast write to multiple cards or USB d... by selfhoster11 on Thursday August 12, 2021 @04:25PM (#28160984)
`pkill -USR1 dd` may also work
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