Eric Blake wrote: > In your case, you can do: > > dd if=/dev/sda3 | pbzip2 -c2 | tee >(md5sum > /tmp/sda3.dat.bzip2.md5) | > netcat 192.168.1.123 45678
I would also mention the GNU dd extension status=none which avoids what is probably the unnecessary for this purpose "records in" / "records out" status output. dd status=none if=/dev/sda3 | ... Bob