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NAME

dcfldd - manual page for dcfldd (dcfldd) 1.3.4

SYNOPSIS

dcfldd [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

Copy a file, converting and formatting according to the options. bs=BYTES force ibs=BYTES and obs=BYTES cbs=BYTES convert BYTES bytes at a time conv=KEYWORDS convert the file as per the comma separated keyword list count=BLOCKS copy only BLOCKS input blocks ibs=BYTES read BYTES bytes at a time if=FILE read from FILE instead of stdin obs=BYTES write BYTES bytes at a time of=FILE write to FILE instead of stdout NOTE: of=FILE may be used several times to write output to multiple files simultaneously of:=COMMAND exec and write output to process COMMAND seek=BLOCKS skip BLOCKS obs-sized blocks at start of output skip=BLOCKS skip BLOCKS ibs-sized blocks at start of input pattern=HEX use the specified binary pattern as input textpattern=TEXT use repeating TEXT as input errlog=FILE send error messages to FILE as well as stderr hashwindow=BYTES perform a hash on every BYTES amount of data hash=NAME either md5, sha1, sha256, sha384 or sha512 default algorithm is md5. To select multiple algorithms to run simultaneously enter the names in a comma separated list hashlog=FILE send MD5 hash output to FILE instead of stderr if you are using multiple hash algorithms you can send each to a seperate file using the convention ALGORITHMlog=FILE, for example md5log=FILE1, sha1log=FILE2, etc. hashlog:=COMMAND exec and write hashlog to process COMMAND ALGORITHMlog:=COMMAND also works in the same fashion hashconv=[before|after] perform the hashing before or after the conversions hashformat=FORMAT display each hashwindow according to FORMAT the hash format mini-language is described below totalhashformat=FORMAT display the total hash value according to FORMAT status=[on|off] display a continual status message on stderr default state is "on" statusinterval=N update the status message every N blocks default value is 256 sizeprobe=[if|of] determine the size of the input or output file for use with status messages. (this option gives you a percentage indicator) WARNING: do not use this option against a tape device. split=BYTES write every BYTES amount of data to a new file This operation applies to any of=FILE that follows splitformat=TEXT the file extension format for split operation. you may use any number of 'a' or 'n' in any combo the default format is "nnn" NOTE: The split and splitformat options take effect only for output files specified AFTER these options appear in the command line. Likewise, you may specify these several times for for different output files within the same command line. you may use as many digits in any combination you would like. (e.g. "anaannnaana" would be valid, but quite insane) vf=FILE verify that FILE matches the specified input verifylog=FILE send verify results to FILE instead of stderr verifylog:=COMMAND exec and write verify results to process COMMAND --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit The structure of of FORMAT may contain any valid text and special variables. The built-in variables are used the following format: #variable_name# To pass FORMAT strings to the program from a command line, it may be necessary to surround your FORMAT strings with "quotes." The built-in variables are listed below: window_start The beginning byte offset of the hashwindow window_end The ending byte offset of the hashwindow block_start The beginning block (by input blocksize) of the window block_end The ending block (by input blocksize) of the hash window hash The hash value algorithm The name of the hash algorithm For example, the default FORMAT for hashformat and totalhashformat are: hashformat="#window_start# - #window_end#: #hash#" totalhashformat="Total (#algorithm#): #hash#" The FORMAT structure accepts the following escape codes: \n Newline \t Tab \r Carriage return \\ Insert the '\' character ## Insert the '#' character as text, not a variable BLOCKS and BYTES may be followed by the following multiplicative suffixes: xM M, c 1, w 2, b 512, kD 1000, k 1024, MD 1,000,000, M 1,048,576, GD 1,000,000,000, G 1,073,741,824, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y. Each KEYWORD may be: ascii from EBCDIC to ASCII ebcdic from ASCII to EBCDIC ibm from ASCII to alternated EBCDIC block pad newline-terminated records with spaces to cbs-size unblock replace trailing spaces in cbs-size records with newline lcase change upper case to lower case notrunc do not truncate the output file ucase change lower case to upper case swab swap every pair of input bytes noerror continue after read errors sync pad every input block with NULs to ibs-size; when used with block or unblock, pad with spaces rather than NULs

AUTHOR

Written by: dcfldd by Nicholas Harbour, GNU dd by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie and Stuart Kemp.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <nicholasharbour@yahoo.com>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1985-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for dcfldd is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and dcfldd programs are properly installed at your site, the command info dcfldd should give you access to the complete manual. dcfldd (dcfldd) 1.3.4 February 2006 DCFLDD(1)

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