dd-ng

This is a simple wrapper around dd that provides the following features:

• Uses GNU-style syntax instead of weird mainframe-like syntax.
• Adds sanity check for writing to devices. Non-regular files can only be written to by using the --no-preserve-raw-device flag.

Note it does not yet support all dd options.

Usage

dd-ng [{--input-file|-i} FILE] [{--output-file|-o} FILE] [{--block-size|-b} BYTES] [--input-block-size BYTES]
      [--output-block-size BYTES] [{--input-seek|-k} BLOCKS] [{--output-seek|-s} BLOCKS] [--input-flags FLAGS]
      [--output-flags FLAGS] [--no-preserve-raw-device]

Parameters

--input-file FILE
-iFILE

Source file, maps to if in dd.

--output-file FILE
-fFILE

Destination file, maps to of in dd.

--block-size BYTES
-bBYTES

Size of data in bytes (with suffixes like K, M, G supported) to read and write at a time, maps to bs in dd.

--input-block-size BYTES

Size of data to read at a time, maps to ibs in dd.

--output-block-size BYTES

Size of data to write at a time, maps to obs in dd.

--input-seek BLOCKS
-kBLOCKS

Skip/seek BLOCKS blocks into the input file before beginning conversion, maps to skip in dd.

--output-seek BLOCKS
-sBLOCKS

Skip/seek BLOCKS blocks into the output file before beginning conversion, maps to seek in dd.

--input-flags FLAGS

Apply the provided comma-separated flags to input file on conversion, maps to iflag in dd.

--output-flags FLAGS

Apply the provided comma-separated flags to output file on conversion, maps to oflag in dd.

--no-preserve-raw-device

Proceed with conversion even if the destination file is not a regular file. Make sure to use the correct destination device to avoid data loss!