Linux dd Command Show Progress Copy Bar With Status

I'm using dd command for block level copy and just found out that there's no built in way to check the progress. How do I use the Linux or Unix dd command while coping /dev/sda to /deb/sdb and display a progress bar when data goes through a pipe?

You need to use the pv command which allows you to see the progress of data through a pipeline. You need to install pv command as described here.

Once installed, type the following commands to see the status bar. Please note that if standard input is not a file and no size was given with the -s option, the progress bar cannot indicate how close to completion the transfer is, so it will just move left and right to indicate that data is moving. It will also show average MB/s rate:

Examples

Copy /dev/sda to to /deb/sdb:

 
pv -tpreb /dev/sda | dd of=/dev/sdb bs=64M
 

OR

 
pv -tpreb /dev/sda | dd of=/dev/sdb bs=4096 conv=notrunc,noerror
 

Sample outputs:

You can create a progress bar and display using the dialog command as follows:

 
(pv -n /dev/sda | dd of=/dev/sdb bs=128M conv=notrunc,noerror) 2>&1 | dialog --gauge "Running dd command (cloning), please wait..." 10 70 0
 

Sample outputs:

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