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author | Edward Banner <edward.banner@gmail.com> | 2022-12-13 11:02:52 -0500 |
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committer | Linus Groh <mail@linusgroh.de> | 2022-12-15 12:09:43 +0000 |
commit | a3423f2af29818683faaade5bd9f28d0a824cb3b (patch) | |
tree | 29ec10ddf825aafbab28e350ac29fbc26fe22fa7 /Base/usr | |
parent | bd40464195fe25c61dc3b64525bde9d46ddfcd9d (diff) | |
download | serenity-a3423f2af29818683faaade5bd9f28d0a824cb3b.zip |
Base: Add man page for the dd command
Base: Add man page for the dd command
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diff --git a/Base/usr/share/man/man1/dd.md b/Base/usr/share/man/man1/dd.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..422d102d61 --- /dev/null +++ b/Base/usr/share/man/man1/dd.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +## Name + +dd - copy blocks of data + +## Synopsis + +```**sh +$ dd if=[input_file] of=[output_file] [args...] +``` + +## Description + +`dd` is an application used to write blocks of data from one file to another. A common use case for `dd` is to make a bootable hard drive from a ISO file. + +## Options + +* `--help`: Display help message and exit + +## Arguments + +* `if`: input file (or device) to read from +* `of`: output file (or device) to write to +* `bs`: block size (of bytes) to use +* `count`: number of blocks to write + +## Examples + +```**sh +$ dd if=/dev/zero of=./zeros bs=1M count=1 +``` |