Sends SIGINFO to the process. This is a BSD feature OS X inherited. You must have the terminal window executing dd selected when entering CTRL + T for this to work. Show Sample Output
"killall -USR1 dd" does not work in OS X for me. However, sending INFO instead of USR1 works. Show Sample Output
While a dd is running in one terminal, open another and enter the while loop. The sample output will be displayed in the window running the dd and the while loop will exit when the dd is complete. It's possible that a "sudo" will need to be inserted before "pkill", depending on your setup, for example:
while pgrep ^dd; do sudo pkill -INFO dd; sleep 10; done
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display dd status on OSX (coreutils) every 10 seconds Show Sample Output
Observe the process of your dd command on Mac the Mac bash when you burn an .iso or .img on a SD-Card. This command avoids permission errors.
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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