Using dd with pv to get a progress bar
pv can be used to provide a progress bar for a dd copy operation.
dd if=/dev/sda | pv -s 2G | dd of=~/bkp/drive_sda.dd bs=4096
pv can be used to provide a progress bar for a dd copy operation.
dd if=/dev/sda | pv -s 2G | dd of=~/bkp/drive_sda.dd bs=4096