On Mon 02 Aug 2021 at 16:14:15 (+0300), Anssi Saari wrote: > Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> writes: > > >>> > cp /path/to/file.iso /dev/sdX > >>> dd if=whatever.iso of=/dev/sdX > >> It's up to taste. > > > > Not at all. The only right answer is: > > > > pv -parIe </path/to/file.iso >/dev/sdX > > Actually I'm not sure how good it is to have both -a and -r, pv doesn't > really show which rate counter is which...
No need: the rate is far more variable than its average, as time passes. Cheers, David.