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authorgsutter <gsutter@FreeBSD.org>2000-02-18 04:55:40 +0000
committergsutter <gsutter@FreeBSD.org>2000-02-18 04:55:40 +0000
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Reflect that dd accepts octal and hexadecimal numbers (in addition to decimal).
PR: 16750 Submitted by: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
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@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ appended.
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-Where sizes are specified, a decimal number of bytes is expected.
+Where sizes are specified, a decimal, octal, or hexadecimal number of
+bytes is expected.
If the number ends with a ``b'', ``k'', ``m'', ``g'', or ``w'', the
number is multiplied by 512, 1024 (1K), 1048576 (1M), 1073741824 (1G)
or the number of bytes in an integer, respectively.
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