Usage: dcfldd [OPTION]...
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
Report bugs to <nicholasharbour@yahoo.com>.
