ref: 08292c8f1fb3c122e92ed13d8c107009c919ada1
dir: /sys/man/1/dd/
.TH DD 1 .SH NAME dd \- convert and copy a file .SH SYNOPSIS .B dd [ .I option value ] \&... .SH DESCRIPTION .I Dd\^ copies the specified input file to the specified output with possible conversions. The standard input and output are used by default. The input and output block size may be specified to take advantage of raw physical I/O. The options are .TP \w'\fLoseek\ \ \fIn'u .BI -if\ f Open file .I f for input. .TP .BI -of\ f Open file .I f for output. .TP .BI -ibs\ n\^ Set input block size to .I n\^ bytes (default 512). .TP .BI -obs\ n\^ Set output block size (default 512). .TP .BI -bs\ n\^ Set both input and output block size, superseding .I ibs\^ and .IR obs . If no conversion is specified, preserve the input block size instead of packing short blocks into the output buffer. This is particularly efficient since no in-core copy need be done. .TP .BI -cbs\ n\^ Set conversion buffer size. .TP .BI -skip\ n\^ Skip .I n input records before copying. .TP .BI -iseek\ n\^ Seek .I n records forward on input file before copying. .TP .BI -files\ n\^ Catenate .I n input files (useful only for magnetic tape or similar input device). .TP .BI -oseek\ n\^ Seek .I n\^ records from beginning of output file before copying. .TP .BI -count\ n\^ Copy only .I n input records. .TP .BI -trunc\ n\^ By default, .I dd truncates the output file when it opens it; .B -trunc .B 0 opens it without truncation. .TP .BI -quiet\ n\^ By default, .I dd prints the number of blocks read and written once it is finished. .B -quiet .B 1 silences this summary. .HP \fL-conv\ ascii\ \ \ \ \fRConvert .SM EBCDIC to .SM ASCII. .PD0 .RS "\w'\fLconv\ \fP'u" .TP "\w'\fLunblock\ \ \fP'u" .B ebcdic Convert .SM ASCII to .SM EBCDIC. .TP .B ibm Like .B ebcdic but with a slightly different character map. .TP .B block Convert variable length .SM ASCII records to fixed length. .TP .B unblock Convert fixed length .SM ASCII records to variable length. .TP .B lcase Map alphabetics to lower case. .TP .B ucase Map alphabetics to upper case. .TP .B swab Swap every pair of bytes. .TP .B noerror Do not stop processing on an error. .TP .B sync Pad every input record to .I ibs\^ bytes. .RE .PD .PP .fi Where sizes are specified, a number of bytes is expected. A number may end with .L k or .LR b to specify multiplication by 1024 or 512 respectively; a pair of numbers may be separated by .L x to indicate a product. Multiple conversions may be specified in the style: .LR "-conv ebcdic,ucase" . .PP .L Cbs\^ is used only if .LR ascii\^ , .LR unblock\^ , .LR ebcdic\^ , .LR ibm\^ , or .L block\^ conversion is specified. In the first two cases, .I n characters are copied into the conversion buffer, any specified character mapping is done, trailing blanks are trimmed and new-line is added before sending the line to the output. In the latter three cases, characters are read into the conversion buffer and blanks are added to make up an output record of size .IR n . If .L cbs\^ is unspecified or zero, the .LR ascii\^ , .LR ebcdic\^ , and .L ibm\^ options convert the character set without changing the block structure of the input file; the .L unblock\^ and .L block\^ options become a simple file copy. .SH SOURCE .B /sys/src/cmd/dd.c .SH "SEE ALSO" .IR cp (1) .SH DIAGNOSTICS .I Dd reports the number of full + partial input and output blocks handled.