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sudo dd if=/dev/sda2 | ssh -i /home/mint/id_rsa-greg-notebook greg@192.168.1.11 "dd of=/media/disk-a/backups/sheila-laptop/acer.image.2"
# to "watch" the progress
watch ls -al /media/disk-a/backups/sheila-laptop/
# and also on Linux, a SIGINFO signal to the process id of a dd process will show you the status, and then continue.
kill -USR1 $(pidof dd)
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