This is a pretty useful feature for something that regularly copies large files&#x2F;disks you&#x27;d want to see the progress of, in fact I&#x27;d say it should have been default behavior for years.<p>I&#x27;d make some crude comment about cargo culting, but do you have an explicit complaint? dd itself is derided by the plan9 crew for many more reasons than a progress bar, and the cli arguments are obtuse because they&#x27;re a joke.<p>[0]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.catb.org&#x2F;jargon&#x2F;html&#x2F;D&#x2F;dd.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.catb.org&#x2F;jargon&#x2F;html&#x2F;D&#x2F;dd.html</a>