dd.1 (1449B)
1 .TH DD 1 ubase-VERSION 2 .SH NAME 3 \fBdd\fR - Copy a file 4 .SH SYNOPSIS 5 \fBdd\fR [\fIoperand...\fR] 6 .SH DESCRIPTION 7 \fBdd\fR copies the standard input to the standard output. By default input 8 data is read and written in 64kB blocks. When finished, \fBdd\fR displays the 9 number of records read and written as well as the total number of bytes copied. 10 \fBdd\fR syncs the filesystem once it is done copying. If you want 11 to disable that use the \fInosync\fR option. 12 .SH OPERANDS 13 .TP 14 if=\fIfile\fR 15 Read input from \fIfile\fR instead of the standard input. 16 .TP 17 of=\fIfile\fR 18 Write output to \fIfile\fR instead of the standard output. If an initial 19 portion of the output \fIfile\fR is skipped using the seek operand, the output 20 file is truncated at that point. 21 .TP 22 bs[=\fIN\fR] 23 If bs is not specified, the default blocksize is 64kB. If bs is specified 24 without setting it to a specific value then an optimal value between the source 25 and target filesystem will be selected. If this process fails it will fallback 26 to the system's pagesize. Adjust \fIN\fR to set the block size of the transfers 27 in bytes. 28 .TP 29 seek=\fIN\fR 30 Seek \fIN\fR blocks from the beginning of the output before copying. 31 .TP 32 skip=\fIN\fR 33 Skip \fIN\fR blocks from the beginning of the input before copying. 34 .TP 35 count=\fIN\fR 36 Copy only \fIN\fR input blocks. 37 .TP 38 direct 39 Use direct I/O for data. 40 .TP 41 quiet 42 Enable quiet output. 43 .TP 44 nosync 45 Do not sync the filesystem once we are done copying.