tag 27803 notabug
thanks
On 07/24/2017 09:34 AM, vasanth kumar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I run a dd command successfully, it actually prints I/O statistics to
> standard error and not stdout . Is not it suppposed to print it on stdout
> by default for a good run?
No, POSIX requires that it print stats to stderr.
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ utilities/dd.html
"STDERR
On completion, dd shall write the number of input and output blocks
to standard error...."
Therefore, the behavior is intentional, and I'm closing this as not a
bug. However, feel free to reply to this thread if you have further
questions on the topic.
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