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  • Awwwesome! There is no end to learning unix. Thanks. Commented Jan 5, 2016 at 19:59
  • IMHO named pipes (aka FIFO's) are one of the most under utilized features of Linux. I'm here to spread the good word :) Commented Jan 5, 2016 at 20:07
  • can I cat foo | dd ? I ask because if so, I can use pv to see how far I've go to go. Commented Jan 5, 2016 at 20:08
  • Sure. You can treat foo just like any regular file except that it won't get to the end until the openssl commands terminate. Commented Jan 5, 2016 at 20:09
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    @Dominik - Well, I usually do that because I want to use specific options with cryptsetup (like whirlpool or detached headers). Also, I usually want to install using btrfs with subvolumes set up in some particular way. It's not hard. Just use the live usb, prepare the disks and then run the installer. Then you can install to the prepared disks, without doing any formatting. Commented Jan 6, 2016 at 10:35