From a3423f2af29818683faaade5bd9f28d0a824cb3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edward Banner Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:02:52 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Base: Add man page for the dd command Base: Add man page for the dd command --- Base/usr/share/man/man1/dd.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Base/usr/share/man/man1/dd.md 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 +```