DISKDUMP

Section: Linux User's Manual (1)
Updated: 2009-04-30
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NAME

diskdump - copy and cut file

 

SYNOPSIS

diskdump [-hvV] [-H size] [-n bytes] [-o offset] [file]

 

DESCRIPTION

Diskdump copies bytes bytes from file file to stdout starting at offset offset. By default, diskdump reads from stdin, starts at offset zero and continues until end-of-file is reached.

In contrast to dd(1), if offset is specified, diskdump positions the file offset by means of lseek(2). For large offsets, this decreases the access time significantly.

 

OPTIONS

-h
display some (more or less) helpful information and exit successfully
-v
increase verbosity level on stderr, flag may be repeatedly specified
-V
display version and compilation info and exit successfully
-H size
Write one hash mark per size bytes on stderr. Size must be either an integer or a combination of an integer and one of the units k, M or G.
-n bytes
copy only bytes bytes (default: until end-of-file)
-o offset
start reading at offset offset (default: 0)

 

AUTHOR

Steffen Solyga <solyga@absinth.net>

 

SEE ALSO

diskerase(8), disksize(1), diskwrite(1)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHOR
SEE ALSO

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