[fransje26]

I use dd for that.

    dd if=./file.txt

Can you also format your drive with ffmpeg? I'm looking for a more versatile dd replacement..

[jasomill]

It can't create partition tables or filesystems, so no, but

  ffmpeg -f data -i /dev/zero -map 0:0 -c copy -f data - > /dev/sda

is roughly equivalent to to

  dd status=progress if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda

[dylan604]

you might need a -disposition default type option, otherwise, it introduce some abnormal behavior