Linux dd Command

What is Linux dd Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use dd command in Linux. dd command is dd - convert and copy a file.

dd Syntax#

dd [OPERAND]...
dd OPTION

dd Examples#

dd Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of dd command. dd command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for dd command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man dd

To open info page for dd command we can use command below.

info dd

To open help page from dd command we can run command below.

dd --help

Linux dd Command Source Code#

You can find dd command source code from the folowing repositories:

• dd source code on GitHub
• dd source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• dd source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use dd in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.