dd

Command-line utility for Unix and Unix-like operating systems to convert and copy a file.

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dd, that stands for ‘data duplicator’, is a commandline utility for unix mainly used for copying and converting data.

this tool can be used for:

• backing up and restoring an entire hard drive or a partition.• copy regions of raw device files like backing up mbr (master boot record).• converting data formats like ascii to ebcdic.• converting lowercase to uppercase and vice versa.• creating files with fixed size.

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Command line interface Create image

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