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## Name
dd - copy blocks of data
## Synopsis
```**sh
$ dd if=[input_file] of=[output_file] [args...]
```
## Description
`dd` is an application used to write blocks of data from one file to another. A common use case for `dd` is to make a bootable hard drive from a ISO file.
## Options
* `--help`: Display help message and exit
## Arguments
* `if`: input file (or device) to read from (default: stdin)
* `of`: output file (or device) to write to (default: stdout)
* `bs`: block size (of bytes) to use (default: 512)
* `count`: number of blocks to write
* `seek`: number of output blocks to skip (default: 0)
* `skip`: number of input blocks to skip (default: 0)
* `status`: level of output (default: default)
* `default`: error messages + final statistics
* `none`: just error messages
* `noxfer`: no final statistics
## Examples
```**sh
$ dd if=/dev/zero of=./zeros bs=1M count=1
```