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Get dd To Show Progress Statistics
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To show progress statistics for dd in OS X:
dd if=Downloads/ISOs/kali-linux-1.1.0a-amd64.iso of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m

Now hit CTRL+t
or
From another terminal
sudo killall -INFO dd

On Linux, you have to sind a USR1 instead of INFO signal.
pkill -USR1 -x dd

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