Tag: progress

Show dd progress in MacOS

Show dd progress in MacOS

The default dd command in MacOS doesn't have progress option.

Solution

Send SIGINFO signal to the dd command.

Press Control-T

By pressing the Control-T character in dd terminal, you are sending the same SIGINFO signal to the dd command.

Run kill command

Run following command in another Shell.

pkill -INFO -x dd

or

kill -INFO <pid>

References

How can I track progress of dd