How to Use dd Command to Test the Hard Disk Speed? October 27, 2024 DevOps, Hard Drives, hardware No Comments To test the disk speed with the dd command, you can use it to write a temporary file and measure the write and read speeds. Here are examples: Test … [Continue Reading...]
A Simple BASH Script to Create a File of Given Size May 19, 2021 bash script, linux, ubuntu No Comments We can use the dd command to generate a file size of given bytes however the parameters are not straighforward. The “if=” specifies the input data (usually from /dev/zero … [Continue Reading...]