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Describe `bs=n' more precisely. Fixed some English errors.

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Bruce Evans 1998-11-29 13:54:20 +00:00
parent 95cf97aa04
commit 7d159f8837
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=41411
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@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)dd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/13/94
.\" $Id: dd.1,v 1.6 1997/10/11 20:09:04 joerg Exp $
.\" $Id: dd.1,v 1.7 1998/05/06 06:51:35 charnier Exp $
.\"
.Dd January 13, 1994
.Dt DD 1
@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ and truncated input records to the standard error output.
The following operands are available:
.Bl -tag -width of=file
.It Cm bs= Ns Ar n
Set both input and output block size, superseding the
Set both input and output block size to
.Va n
bytes, superseding the
.Cm ibs
and
.Cm obs
@ -107,13 +109,13 @@ Any regular output file is truncated unless the
conversion value is specified.
If an initial portion of the output file is skipped (see the
.Cm seek
operand)
operand),
the output file is truncated at that point.
.It Cm seek= Ns Ar n
Seek
.Va n
blocks from the beginning of the output before copying.
On non-tape devices, a
On non-tape devices, an
.Xr lseek 2
operation is used.
Otherwise, existing blocks are read and the data discarded.
@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ bytes.
Skip
.Va n
blocks from the beginning of the input before copying.
On input which supports seeks, a
On input which supports seeks, an
.Xr lseek 2
operation is used.
Otherwise, input data is read and discarded.
@ -330,7 +332,7 @@ will exit.
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 on success and >0 if an error occurred.
utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cp 1 ,
.Xr mt 1 ,