dd-progress.sh

#!/bin/sh
set -eu;

inputFile="$1";

if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
        echo "$1 is not a file!";
        exit 1;
fi

outputDevice="$2";

if [ ! -b $outputDevice ]; then
        echo "$2 is not a block device!";
        exit 1;
fi

imageSizeBytes=$(ls --size --block-size=1 "$inputFile" | awk '{print $1}');

dd if="$inputFile" | pv -bpaerts $imageSizeBytes  | sudo dd of=$outputDevice;