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by dmartinez 2929 days ago
`tldr`[0] can be helpful for quick references like this. I never worry about commands like `ssh` anymore because of this. This is the output for `dd`:

$ tldr dd

dd

Convert and copy a file.

- Make a bootable usb drive from an isohybrid file (such like archlinux-xxx .iso):

    dd if=file.iso of=/dev/usb_drive
- Clone a drive to another drive with 4MB block and ignore error:

    dd if=/dev/source_drive of=/dev/dest_drive bs=4m conv=noerror
- Generate a file of 100 random bytes by using kernel random driver:

    dd if=/dev/urandom of=random_file bs=100 count=1
- Benchmark the write performance of a disk:

    dd if=/dev/zero of=file_1GB bs=1024 count=1000000
[0]: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
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I've been using a similar command called 'cheat' [pip install cheat] which does more or less the same thing. I wonder which of the two is more comprehensive. How would I check this efficiently?