## TITLE: USING DD IN BASH TERMINAL
## OS: MAC OS 10.X
## LAST DOC MODIFY: 2011-11-18

# FIND DRIVES
> ls /dev

# START COPY
> sudo dd bs=512 if=/dev/disk2s1 of=/dev/disk1s1 conv=noerror,sync
bs = block size
if = read from disk(source path)
of = write to disk(target path)


##  CREATE TEST FILES  ##

# CREATE 10 MB FILE
> dd if=/dev/zero of=test.img bs=1024 count=0 seek=$[1024*10]

# CREATE 100 MB FILE
> dd if=/dev/zero of=test.img bs=1024 count=0 seek=$[1024*100]

# CREATE 10 GB FILE (10,000,000)
> dd if=/dev/zero of=10g.img bs=1000 count=0 seek=$[1000*1000*10]

# CREATE 100 GB FILE (100,000,000)
> dd if=/dev/zero of=10g.img bs=1000 count=0 seek=$[1000*1000*100]

# CREATE 500 GB FILE (500,000,000)
> dd if=/dev/zero of=10g.img bs=1000 count=0 seek=$[1000*1000*500]

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