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.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" Keith Muller of the University of California, San Diego.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)dd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/13/94
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd January 23, 2009
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.Dt DD 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm dd
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.Nd convert and copy a file
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Ar operands ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility copies the standard input to the standard output.
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Input data is read and written in 512-byte blocks.
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If input reads are short, input from multiple reads are aggregated
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to form the output block.
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When finished,
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.Nm
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displays the number of complete and partial input and output blocks
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and truncated input records to the standard error output.
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.Pp
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The following operands are available:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Cm of Ns = Ns Ar file"
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.It Cm bs Ns = Ns Ar n
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Set both input and output block size to
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.Ar n
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bytes, superseding the
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.Cm ibs
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and
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.Cm obs
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operands.
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If no conversion values other than
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.Cm noerror ,
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.Cm notrunc
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or
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.Cm sync
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are specified, then each input block is copied to the output as a
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single block without any aggregation of short blocks.
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.It Cm cbs Ns = Ns Ar n
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Set the conversion record size to
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.Ar n
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bytes.
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The conversion record size is required by the record oriented conversion
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values.
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.It Cm count Ns = Ns Ar n
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Copy only
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.Ar n
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input blocks.
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.It Cm files Ns = Ns Ar n
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Copy
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.Ar n
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input files before terminating.
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This operand is only applicable when the input device is a tape.
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.It Cm fillchar Ns = Ns Ar c
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When padding a block in conversion mode or due to use of
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.Cm noerror
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and
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.Cm sync
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modes, fill with the specified
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.Tn ASCII
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character, rather than using a space or
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.Dv NUL .
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.It Cm ibs Ns = Ns Ar n
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Set the input block size to
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.Ar n
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bytes instead of the default 512.
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.It Cm if Ns = Ns Ar file
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Read input from
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.Ar file
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instead of the standard input.
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.It Cm iseek Ns = Ns Ar n
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Seek on the input file
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.Ar n
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blocks.
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This is synonymous with
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.Cm skip Ns = Ns Ar n .
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.It Cm obs Ns = Ns Ar n
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Set the output block size to
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.Ar n
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bytes instead of the default 512.
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.It Cm of Ns = Ns Ar file
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Write output to
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.Ar file
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instead of the standard output.
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Any regular output file is truncated unless the
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.Cm notrunc
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conversion value is specified.
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If an initial portion of the output file is seeked past (see the
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.Cm oseek
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operand),
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the output file is truncated at that point.
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.It Cm oseek Ns = Ns Ar n
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Seek on the output file
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.Ar n
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blocks.
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This is synonymous with
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.Cm seek Ns = Ns Ar n .
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.It Cm seek Ns = Ns Ar n
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Seek
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.Ar n
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blocks from the beginning of the output before copying.
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On non-tape devices, an
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.Xr lseek 2
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operation is used.
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Otherwise, existing blocks are read and the data discarded.
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If the user does not have read permission for the tape, it is positioned
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using the tape
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.Xr ioctl 2
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function calls.
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If the seek operation is past the end of file, space from the current
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end of file to the specified offset is filled with blocks of
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.Dv NUL
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bytes.
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.It Cm skip Ns = Ns Ar n
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Skip
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.Ar n
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blocks from the beginning of the input before copying.
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On input which supports seeks, an
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.Xr lseek 2
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operation is used.
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Otherwise, input data is read and discarded.
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For pipes, the correct number of bytes is read.
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For all other devices, the correct number of blocks is read without
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distinguishing between a partial or complete block being read.
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.It Cm conv Ns = Ns Ar value Ns Op , Ns Ar value ...
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Where
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.Cm value
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is one of the symbols from the following list.
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.Bl -tag -width ".Cm unblock"
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.It Cm ascii , oldascii
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The same as the
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.Cm unblock
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value except that characters are translated from
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.Tn EBCDIC
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to
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.Tn ASCII
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before the
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records are converted.
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(These values imply
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.Cm unblock
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if the operand
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.Cm cbs
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is also specified.)
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There are two conversion maps for
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.Tn ASCII .
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The value
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.Cm ascii
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specifies the recommended one which is compatible with
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.At V .
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The value
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.Cm oldascii
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specifies the one used in historic
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.At
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and
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.No pre- Ns Bx 4.3 reno
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systems.
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.It Cm block
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Treats the input as a sequence of newline or end-of-file terminated variable
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length records independent of input and output block boundaries.
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Any trailing newline character is discarded.
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Each input record is converted to a fixed length output record where the
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length is specified by the
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.Cm cbs
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operand.
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Input records shorter than the conversion record size are padded with spaces.
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Input records longer than the conversion record size are truncated.
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The number of truncated input records, if any, are reported to the standard
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error output at the completion of the copy.
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.It Cm ebcdic , ibm , oldebcdic , oldibm
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The same as the
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.Cm block
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value except that characters are translated from
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.Tn ASCII
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to
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.Tn EBCDIC
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after the
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records are converted.
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(These values imply
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.Cm block
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if the operand
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.Cm cbs
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is also specified.)
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There are four conversion maps for
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.Tn EBCDIC .
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The value
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.Cm ebcdic
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specifies the recommended one which is compatible with
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.At V .
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The value
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.Cm ibm
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is a slightly different mapping, which is compatible with the
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.At V
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.Cm ibm
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value.
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The values
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.Cm oldebcdic
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and
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.Cm oldibm
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are maps used in historic
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.At
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and
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.No pre- Ns Bx 4.3 reno
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systems.
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.It Cm lcase
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Transform uppercase characters into lowercase characters.
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.It Cm pareven , parnone , parodd , parset
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Output data with the specified parity.
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The parity bit on input is stripped unless
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.Tn EBCDIC
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to
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.Tn ASCII
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conversions is also specified.
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.It Cm noerror
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Do not stop processing on an input error.
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When an input error occurs, a diagnostic message followed by the current
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input and output block counts will be written to the standard error output
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in the same format as the standard completion message.
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If the
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.Cm sync
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conversion is also specified, any missing input data will be replaced
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with
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.Dv NUL
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bytes (or with spaces if a block oriented conversion value was
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specified) and processed as a normal input buffer.
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If the
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.Cm fillchar
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option is specified, the fill character provided on the command line
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will override
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the automatic selection of the fill character.
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If the
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.Cm sync
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conversion is not specified, the input block is omitted from the output.
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On input files which are not tapes or pipes, the file offset
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will be positioned past the block in which the error occurred using
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.Xr lseek 2 .
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.It Cm notrunc
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Do not truncate the output file.
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This will preserve any blocks in the output file not explicitly written
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by
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.Nm .
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The
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.Cm notrunc
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value is not supported for tapes.
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.It Cm osync
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Pad the final output block to the full output block size.
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If the input file is not a multiple of the output block size
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after conversion, this conversion forces the final output block
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to be the same size as preceding blocks for use on devices that require
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regularly sized blocks to be written.
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This option is incompatible with use of the
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.Cm bs Ns = Ns Ar n
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block size specification.
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.It Cm sparse
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If one or more output blocks would consist solely of
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.Dv NUL
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bytes, try to seek the output file by the required space instead of
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filling them with
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.Dv NUL Ns s ,
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resulting in a sparse file.
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.It Cm swab
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Swap every pair of input bytes.
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If an input buffer has an odd number of bytes, the last byte will be
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ignored during swapping.
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.It Cm sync
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Pad every input block to the input buffer size.
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Spaces are used for pad bytes if a block oriented conversion value is
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specified, otherwise
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.Dv NUL
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bytes are used.
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.It Cm ucase
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Transform lowercase characters into uppercase characters.
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.It Cm unblock
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Treats the input as a sequence of fixed length records independent of input
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and output block boundaries.
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The length of the input records is specified by the
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.Cm cbs
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operand.
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Any trailing space characters are discarded and a newline character is
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appended.
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.El
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.El
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.Pp
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Where sizes are specified, a decimal, octal, or hexadecimal number of
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bytes is expected.
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If the number ends with a
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.Dq Li b ,
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.Dq Li k ,
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.Dq Li m ,
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.Dq Li g ,
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or
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.Dq Li w ,
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the
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number is multiplied by 512, 1024 (1K), 1048576 (1M), 1073741824 (1G)
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or the number of bytes in an integer, respectively.
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Two or more numbers may be separated by an
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.Dq Li x
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to indicate a product.
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.Pp
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When finished,
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.Nm
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displays the number of complete and partial input and output blocks,
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truncated input records and odd-length byte-swapping blocks to the
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standard error output.
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A partial input block is one where less than the input block size
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was read.
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A partial output block is one where less than the output block size
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was written.
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Partial output blocks to tape devices are considered fatal errors.
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Otherwise, the rest of the block will be written.
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Partial output blocks to character devices will produce a warning message.
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A truncated input block is one where a variable length record oriented
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conversion value was specified and the input line was too long to
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fit in the conversion record or was not newline terminated.
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.Pp
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Normally, data resulting from input or conversion or both are aggregated
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into output blocks of the specified size.
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After the end of input is reached, any remaining output is written as
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a block.
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This means that the final output block may be shorter than the output
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block size.
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.Pp
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If
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.Nm
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receives a
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.Dv SIGINFO
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(see the
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.Cm status
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argument for
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.Xr stty 1 )
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signal, the current input and output block counts will
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be written to the standard error output
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in the same format as the standard completion message.
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If
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.Nm
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receives a
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.Dv SIGINT
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signal, the current input and output block counts will
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be written to the standard error output
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in the same format as the standard completion message and
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.Nm
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will exit.
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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.Ex -std
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Check that a disk drive contains no bad blocks:
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.Pp
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.Dl "dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/null bs=1m"
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.Pp
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Do a refresh of a disk drive, in order to prevent presently
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recoverable read errors from progressing into unrecoverable read errors:
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.Pp
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.Dl "dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/ad0 bs=1m"
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.Pp
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Remove parity bit from a file:
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.Pp
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.Dl "dd if=file conv=parnone of=file.txt"
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.Pp
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Check for (even) parity errors on a file:
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.Pp
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.Dl "dd if=file conv=pareven | cmp -x - file"
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.Pp
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To create an image of a Mode-1 CD-ROM, which is a commonly used format
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for data CD-ROM disks, use a block size of 2048 bytes:
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.Pp
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.Dl "dd if=/dev/acd0 of=filename.iso bs=2048"
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr cp 1 ,
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.Xr mt 1 ,
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.Xr tr 1 ,
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.Xr geom 4
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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utility is expected to be a superset of the
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.St -p1003.2
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standard.
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The
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.Cm files
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operand and the
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.Cm ascii ,
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.Cm ebcdic ,
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.Cm ibm ,
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.Cm oldascii ,
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.Cm oldebcdic
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and
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.Cm oldibm
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values are extensions to the
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.Tn POSIX
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standard.
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.Sh BUGS
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Protection mechanisms in the
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.Xr geom 4
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subsystem might prevent the super-user from writing blocks to a disk.
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Instructions for temporarily disabling these protection mechanisms can be
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found in the
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.Xr geom 4
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manpage.
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