sbase/dd.1

.Dd 2020-04-28
.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.