ddnormal.sh

#!/bin/bash

#    Copyright Marcus Watkins marwatk@marcuswatkins.net
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#Usage: ddnormal.sh <source_device> <source_position> <dest_device> <dest_position> <num_blocks_to_copy>

source=$1
source_pos=$2
dest=$3
dest_pos=$4
size=$5

block_size=512

echo "  dd if=$source of=$dest seek=$dest_pos skip=$source_pos bs=512 count=$size conv=notrunc"

dd if=$source of=$dest seek=$dest_pos skip=$source_pos bs=$block_size count=$size conv=notrunc 2>&1 | ./ddprint.sh
printf "\nComplete\n"