if you want to also know the progress you can pipe it to pv, like in the below example

ssh [email protected] "sudo dd if=/dev/nvme0n1" | pv | dd of=/Users/someuser/Desktop/mydisk.img

@manxam said in Dumb question - linux dd write 0s to multiples disks at once:

@stacksofplates : Now you're just showing off 🙂

Ha I didn't mean for it to look like that, but you did make me realize I made a mistake so I'll have to fix it. Make has a lot of uses outside of jsut building software. It's a pretty awesome utility.

You can also check dd_rescue

@scottalanmiller said in Burning an ISO to USB or SD with Linux Using DD:

bs=4M

Any reason for just using the bs=4M? I saw this too on the following link:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_flash_installation_media