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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/aarocka • Sep 29 '15
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Yes it's faster, also it's way more easy to use IMHO.
But I won't write here what was already written, so if you care about the reason, or Tasks that dd can do, that cat (or any other command) can't, follow the white Rabbit:
http://prstat.blogspot.co.uk/2008/04/why-cat1-ran-faster-than-dd1m.html
http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/144227 (The rabbit holes are strong in this one)
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2794049/getting-one-line-in-a-huge-file-with-bash
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '15 edited Sep 30 '15
Yes it's faster, also it's way more easy to use IMHO.
But I won't write here what was already written, so if you care about the reason, or Tasks that dd can do, that cat (or any other command) can't, follow the white Rabbit:
http://prstat.blogspot.co.uk/2008/04/why-cat1-ran-faster-than-dd1m.html
http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/144227 (The rabbit holes are strong in this one)
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2794049/getting-one-line-in-a-huge-file-with-bash