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Certainly a speed advantage for large files and a small amount of data to be removed.

sstn
– sstn

2017-11-29 11:08:45 +00:00
Commented Nov 29, 2017 at 11:08
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This is the best answer, since it works for every block size e.g. iflag=skip_bytes skip=1234 bs=1M

phiresky
– phiresky

2018-01-15 11:36:44 +00:00
Commented Jan 15, 2018 at 11:36
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Perfect! This is what I need exactly. Many Thanks!!

Be Wake Pandey
– Be Wake Pandey

2020-03-19 04:47:21 +00:00
Commented Mar 19, 2020 at 4:47

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