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-DD
-!!!DD
-NAME
-SYNOPSIS
-DESCRIPTION
-AUTHOR
-REPORTING BUGS
-COPYRIGHT
-SEE ALSO
-----
!!NAME
+dd - convert and copy a file
-
-dd - convert and copy a file
!!SYNOPSIS
+__dd__ [[''OPTION'']...
-
-__dd__ [[''OPTION'']...
!!DESCRIPTION
-Copy a file, converting and formatting according to the
-
+Copy a file, converting and formatting according to the options.
+;bs=BYTES : force ibs=BYTES and obs=BYTES
+;cbs=BYTES : convert BYTES bytes at a time
+;conv=KEYWORDS : convert the file as per the comma separated keyword list
+;count=BLOCKS : copy only BLOCKS input blocks
+;ibs=BYTES : read BYTES bytes at a time
+;if=FILE : read from FILE instead of stdin
+;obs=BYTES : write BYTES bytes at a time
+;of=FILE : write to FILE instead of stdout
+;seek=BLOCKS : skip BLOCKS obs-sized blocks at start of output
+;skip=BLOCKS : skip BLOCKS ibs-sized blocks at start of input
+;__- help__ : display this help and exit
+;__- version__ : output version information and exit
+BLOCKS and BYTES may be followed by the following multiplicative suffixes: xM M, c 1, w 2, b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1,000,000, M 1,048,576, GB 1,000,000,000, G 1,073,741,824, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y. Each KEYWORD may be:
+;ascii : from EBCDIC to ASCII
+;ebcdic : from ASCII to EBCDIC
+;ibm : from ASCII to alternated EBCDIC
+;block : pad newline-terminated records with spaces to cbs-size
+;unblock : replace trailing spaces in cbs-size records with newline
+;lcase : change upper case to lower case
+;notrunc : do not truncate the output file
+;ucase : change lower case to upper case
+;swab : swap every pair of input bytes
+;noerror : continue after read errors
+;sync : pad every input block with NULs to ibs-size; when used
+;: with block or unblock, pad with spaces rather than NULs
-bs=BYTES
-
-
-force ibs=BYTES and obs=BYTES
-
-
-cbs=BYTES
-
-
-convert BYTES bytes at a time
-
-
-conv=KEYWORDS
-
-
-convert the file as per the comma separated keyword
-list
-
-
-count=BLOCKS
-
-
-copy only BLOCKS input blocks
-
-
-ibs=BYTES
-
-
-read BYTES bytes at a time
-
-
-if=FILE
-
-
-read from FILE instead of stdin
-
-
-obs=BYTES
-
-
-write BYTES bytes at a time
-
-
-of=FILE
-
-
-write to FILE instead of stdout
-
-
-seek=BLOCKS
-
-
-skip BLOCKS obs-sized blocks at start of output
-
-
-skip=BLOCKS
-
-
-skip BLOCKS ibs-sized blocks at start of input
-
-
-__--help__
-
-
-display this help and exit
-
-
-__--version__
-
-
-output version information and exit
-
-
-BLOCKS and BYTES may be followed by the following
-multiplicative suffixes: xM M, c 1, w 2, b 512, kD 1000, k
-1024, MD 1,000,000, M 1,048,576, GD 1,000,000,000, G
-1,073,741,824, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y. Each KEYWORD may
-be:
-
-
-ascii
-
-
-from EBCDIC to ASCII
-
-
-ebcdic
-
-
-from ASCII to EBCDIC
-
-
-ibm
-
-
-from ASCII to alternated EBCDIC
-
-
-block
-
-
-pad newline-terminated records with spaces to
-cbs-size
-
-
-unblock
-
-
-replace trailing spaces in cbs-size records with
-newline
-
-
-lcase
-
-
-change upper case to lower case
-
-
-notrunc
-
-
-do not truncate the output file
-
-
-ucase
-
-
-change lower case to upper case
-
-
-swab
-
-
-swap every pair of input bytes
-
-
-noerror
-
-
-continue after read errors
-
-
-sync
-
-
-pad every input block with NULs to ibs-size; when
-used
-
-
-with block or unblock, pad with spaces rather than
-NULs
!!AUTHOR
+Written by Paul Rubin, David !MacKenzie, and Stuart Kemp.
-
-Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, and Stuart
-Kemp.
!!REPORTING BUGS
-
-
-
+Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
!!COPYRIGHT
+Copyright © 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-
-Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-This is free software; see the source for copying
-conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
-PURPOSE.
!!SEE ALSO
+The full documentation for __dd__ is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the __info__ and __dd__ programs are properly installed at your site, the command
+;: __info dd__
+should give you access to the complete manual.
-The full documentation for __dd__ is maintained as a
-Texinfo manual. If the __info__ and __dd__ programs
-are properly installed at your site, the
-command
-
-
-__info dd__
-
-
-should give you access to the complete manual.
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