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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Gregory Sutter 2000-02-18 04:55:40 +00:00
parent a48a35c7f6
commit 276d5ee851
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=57308

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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.