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diff --git a/util/sbase/dd.1 b/util/sbase/dd.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..39c5c228 --- /dev/null +++ b/util/sbase/dd.1 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +.Dd April 28, 2020 +.Dt DD 1 +.Os sbase +.Sh NAME +.Nm dd +.Nd convert and copy a file +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Ar operand Ns ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +copies its input to its output, possibly after conversion, using +the specified block sizes, +.Pp +The following operands are available: +.Bl -tag -width ibs=expr +.It Cm if= Ns Ar file +Read from the file named by +.Ar file +instead of standard input. +.It Cm of= Ns Ar file +Write to the file named by +.Ar file +instead of standard output. +.It Cm ibs= Ns Ar expr +Set the input block size to +.Ar expr +(defaults to 512). +.It Cm obs= Ns Ar expr +Set the output block size to +.Ar expr +(defaults to 512). +.It Cm bs= Ns Ar expr +Set the input and output block sizes to +.Ar expr . +Additionally, if no conversion other than +.Cm noerror , +.Cm notrunc , +or +.Cm sync +is specified, input blocks are copied as single output blocks, even +when the input block is short. +.It Cm skip= Ns Ar n +Skip +.Ar n +input blocks before starting to copy. +.It Cm seek= Ns Ar n +Skip +.Ar n +output blocks before starting to copy. +.It Cm count= Ns Ar n +Copy at most +.Ar n +input blocks. +.It Cm conv= Ns Ar value Ns Op , Ns Ar value Ns ... +Apply the conversions specified by +.Ar value . +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Cm lcase +Map uppercase characters to the corresponding lowercase character +using +.Fn tolower . +.It Cm ucase +Map lowercase characters to the corresponding uppercase character +using +.Fn toupper . +.It Cm swab +Swap each pair of bytes in the input block. +If there is an odd number of bytes in a block, the last one is +unmodified. +.It Cm noerror +In case of an error reading from the input, do not fail. +Instead, print a diagnostic message and a summary of the current +status. +.It Cm notrunc +Do not truncate the output file. +.It Cm sync +In case of a partial input block, pad with null bytes to form a +complete block. +.El +.El +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility is compliant with the +.St -p1003.1-2008 +specification, except that it does not implement the +.Cm block +and +.Cm unblock +conversions. |