How to make a disk image of a CD or DVD on a Terminal
Channel: awuuwa
Date: 2023-12-22

How to Rip CD or DVD on a Terminal

Rip CD or DVD to a .iso file or .img file using only the terminal.
No need to install software, no added bloat.
Only POSIX compliant standard software needed.

You should use .iso when the disk uses ISO 9660 or ISO 13490 or the UDF file system (any version) as it's file system, otherwise it's better to use .img instead.
So basically if it has a filesystem on it with files and directories such as with DVD then it's .iso but if it has some other kind of stuff on it such as an audio CD then use .img

the command: cat
path on GNU+Linux: /dev/sr0

path on FreeBSD, deprecated? : /dev/acd0

OpenIndiana path: /dev/rdsk/c4t1d0p0

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unix
unix-like
gnu+linux
bsd
openindiana