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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 24.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" @(#)dd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/13/94 33.\" $FreeBSD$ 34.\" 35.Dd March 26, 2019 36.Dt DD 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm dd 40.Nd convert and copy a file 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm 43.Op Ar operands ... 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45The 46.Nm 47utility copies the standard input to the standard output. 48Input data is read and written in 512-byte blocks. 49If input reads are short, input from multiple reads are aggregated 50to form the output block. 51When finished, 52.Nm 53displays the number of complete and partial input and output blocks 54and truncated input records to the standard error output. 55.Pp 56The following operands are available: 57.Bl -tag -width "of=file" 58.It Cm bs Ns = Ns Ar n 59Set both input and output block size to 60.Ar n 61bytes, superseding the 62.Cm ibs 63and 64.Cm obs 65operands. 66If no conversion values other than 67.Cm noerror , 68.Cm notrunc 69or 70.Cm sync 71are specified, then each input block is copied to the output as a 72single block without any aggregation of short blocks. 73.It Cm cbs Ns = Ns Ar n 74Set the conversion record size to 75.Ar n 76bytes. 77The conversion record size is required by the record oriented conversion 78values. 79.It Cm count Ns = Ns Ar n 80Copy only 81.Ar n 82input blocks. 83.It Cm files Ns = Ns Ar n 84Copy 85.Ar n 86input files before terminating. 87This operand is only applicable when the input device is a tape. 88.It Cm fillchar Ns = Ns Ar c 89When padding a block in conversion mode or due to use of 90.Cm noerror 91and 92.Cm sync 93modes, fill with the specified 94.Tn ASCII 95character, rather than using a space or 96.Dv NUL . 97.It Cm ibs Ns = Ns Ar n 98Set the input block size to 99.Ar n 100bytes instead of the default 512. 101.It Cm if Ns = Ns Ar file 102Read input from 103.Ar file 104instead of the standard input. 105.It Cm iseek Ns = Ns Ar n 106Seek on the input file 107.Ar n 108blocks. 109This is synonymous with 110.Cm skip Ns = Ns Ar n . 111.It Cm obs Ns = Ns Ar n 112Set the output block size to 113.Ar n 114bytes instead of the default 512. 115.It Cm of Ns = Ns Ar file 116Write output to 117.Ar file 118instead of the standard output. 119Any regular output file is truncated unless the 120.Cm notrunc 121conversion value is specified. 122If an initial portion of the output file is seeked past (see the 123.Cm oseek 124operand), 125the output file is truncated at that point. 126.It Cm oseek Ns = Ns Ar n 127Seek on the output file 128.Ar n 129blocks. 130This is synonymous with 131.Cm seek Ns = Ns Ar n . 132.It Cm seek Ns = Ns Ar n 133Seek 134.Ar n 135blocks from the beginning of the output before copying. 136On non-tape devices, an 137.Xr lseek 2 138operation is used. 139Otherwise, existing blocks are read and the data discarded. 140If the user does not have read permission for the tape, it is positioned 141using the tape 142.Xr ioctl 2 143function calls. 144If the seek operation is past the end of file, space from the current 145end of file to the specified offset is filled with blocks of 146.Dv NUL 147bytes. 148.It Cm skip Ns = Ns Ar n 149Skip 150.Ar n 151blocks from the beginning of the input before copying. 152On input which supports seeks, an 153.Xr lseek 2 154operation is used. 155Otherwise, input data is read and discarded. 156For pipes, the correct number of bytes is read. 157For all other devices, the correct number of blocks is read without 158distinguishing between a partial or complete block being read. 159.It Cm speed Ns = Ns Ar n 160Limit the copying speed to 161.Ar n 162bytes per second. 163.It Cm status Ns = Ns Ar value 164Where 165.Cm value 166is one of the symbols from the following list. 167.Bl -tag -width "progress" 168.It Cm noxfer 169Do not print the transfer statistics as the last line of status output. 170.It Cm none 171Do not print the status output. 172Error messages are shown; informational messages are not. 173.It Cm progress 174Print basic transfer statistics once per second. 175.El 176.It Cm conv Ns = Ns Ar value Ns Op , Ns Ar value ... 177Where 178.Cm value 179is one of the symbols from the following list. 180.Bl -tag -width "unblock" 181.It Cm ascii , oldascii 182The same as the 183.Cm unblock 184value except that characters are translated from 185.Tn EBCDIC 186to 187.Tn ASCII 188before the 189records are converted. 190(These values imply 191.Cm unblock 192if the operand 193.Cm cbs 194is also specified.) 195There are two conversion maps for 196.Tn ASCII . 197The value 198.Cm ascii 199specifies the recommended one which is compatible with 200.At V . 201The value 202.Cm oldascii 203specifies the one used in historic 204.At 205and 206.No pre- Ns Bx 4.3 reno 207systems. 208.It Cm block 209Treats the input as a sequence of newline or end-of-file terminated variable 210length records independent of input and output block boundaries. 211Any trailing newline character is discarded. 212Each input record is converted to a fixed length output record where the 213length is specified by the 214.Cm cbs 215operand. 216Input records shorter than the conversion record size are padded with spaces. 217Input records longer than the conversion record size are truncated. 218The number of truncated input records, if any, are reported to the standard 219error output at the completion of the copy. 220.It Cm ebcdic , ibm , oldebcdic , oldibm 221The same as the 222.Cm block 223value except that characters are translated from 224.Tn ASCII 225to 226.Tn EBCDIC 227after the 228records are converted. 229(These values imply 230.Cm block 231if the operand 232.Cm cbs 233is also specified.) 234There are four conversion maps for 235.Tn EBCDIC . 236The value 237.Cm ebcdic 238specifies the recommended one which is compatible with 239.At V . 240The value 241.Cm ibm 242is a slightly different mapping, which is compatible with the 243.At V 244.Cm ibm 245value. 246The values 247.Cm oldebcdic 248and 249.Cm oldibm 250are maps used in historic 251.At 252and 253.No pre- Ns Bx 4.3 reno 254systems. 255.It Cm fsync 256Perform an 257.Xr fsync 2 258on the output file before closing it. 259.It Cm lcase 260Transform uppercase characters into lowercase characters. 261.It Cm pareven , parnone , parodd , parset 262Output data with the specified parity. 263The parity bit on input is stripped unless 264.Tn EBCDIC 265to 266.Tn ASCII 267conversions is also specified. 268.It Cm noerror 269Do not stop processing on an input error. 270When an input error occurs, a diagnostic message followed by the current 271input and output block counts will be written to the standard error output 272in the same format as the standard completion message. 273If the 274.Cm sync 275conversion is also specified, any missing input data will be replaced 276with 277.Dv NUL 278bytes (or with spaces if a block oriented conversion value was 279specified) and processed as a normal input buffer. 280If the 281.Cm fillchar 282option is specified, the fill character provided on the command line 283will override 284the automatic selection of the fill character. 285If the 286.Cm sync 287conversion is not specified, the input block is omitted from the output. 288On input files which are not tapes or pipes, the file offset 289will be positioned past the block in which the error occurred using 290.Xr lseek 2 . 291.It Cm notrunc 292Do not truncate the output file. 293This will preserve any blocks in the output file not explicitly written 294by 295.Nm . 296The 297.Cm notrunc 298value is not supported for tapes. 299.It Cm osync 300Pad the final output block to the full output block size. 301If the input file is not a multiple of the output block size 302after conversion, this conversion forces the final output block 303to be the same size as preceding blocks for use on devices that require 304regularly sized blocks to be written. 305This option is incompatible with use of the 306.Cm bs Ns = Ns Ar n 307block size specification. 308.It Cm sparse 309If one or more output blocks would consist solely of 310.Dv NUL 311bytes, try to seek the output file by the required space instead of 312filling them with 313.Dv NUL Ns s , 314resulting in a sparse file. 315.It Cm swab 316Swap every pair of input bytes. 317If an input buffer has an odd number of bytes, the last byte will be 318ignored during swapping. 319.It Cm sync 320Pad every input block to the input buffer size. 321Spaces are used for pad bytes if a block oriented conversion value is 322specified, otherwise 323.Dv NUL 324bytes are used. 325.It Cm ucase 326Transform lowercase characters into uppercase characters. 327.It Cm unblock 328Treats the input as a sequence of fixed length records independent of input 329and output block boundaries. 330The length of the input records is specified by the 331.Cm cbs 332operand. 333Any trailing space characters are discarded and a newline character is 334appended. 335.El 336.El 337.Pp 338Where sizes or speed are specified, a decimal, octal, or hexadecimal number of 339bytes is expected. 340If the number ends with a 341.Dq Li b , 342.Dq Li k , 343.Dq Li m , 344.Dq Li g , 345.Dq Li t , 346.Dq Li p , 347or 348.Dq Li w , 349the 350number is multiplied by 512, 1024 (1K), 1048576 (1M), 1073741824 (1G), 3511099511627776 (1T), 1125899906842624 (1P) 352or the number of bytes in an integer, respectively. 353Two or more numbers may be separated by an 354.Dq Li x 355to indicate a product. 356.Pp 357When finished, 358.Nm 359displays the number of complete and partial input and output blocks, 360truncated input records and odd-length byte-swapping blocks to the 361standard error output. 362A partial input block is one where less than the input block size 363was read. 364A partial output block is one where less than the output block size 365was written. 366Partial output blocks to tape devices are considered fatal errors. 367Otherwise, the rest of the block will be written. 368Partial output blocks to character devices will produce a warning message. 369A truncated input block is one where a variable length record oriented 370conversion value was specified and the input line was too long to 371fit in the conversion record or was not newline terminated. 372.Pp 373Normally, data resulting from input or conversion or both are aggregated 374into output blocks of the specified size. 375After the end of input is reached, any remaining output is written as 376a block. 377This means that the final output block may be shorter than the output 378block size. 379.Pp 380If 381.Nm 382receives a 383.Dv SIGINFO 384(see the 385.Cm status 386argument for 387.Xr stty 1 ) 388signal, the current input and output block counts will 389be written to the standard error output 390in the same format as the standard completion message. 391If 392.Nm 393receives a 394.Dv SIGINT 395signal, the current input and output block counts will 396be written to the standard error output 397in the same format as the standard completion message and 398.Nm 399will exit. 400.Sh EXIT STATUS 401.Ex -std 402.Sh EXAMPLES 403Check that a disk drive contains no bad blocks: 404.Pp 405.Dl "dd if=/dev/ada0 of=/dev/null bs=1m" 406.Pp 407Do a refresh of a disk drive, in order to prevent presently 408recoverable read errors from progressing into unrecoverable read errors: 409.Pp 410.Dl "dd if=/dev/ada0 of=/dev/ada0 bs=1m" 411.Pp 412Remove parity bit from a file: 413.Pp 414.Dl "dd if=file conv=parnone of=file.txt" 415.Pp 416Check for (even) parity errors on a file: 417.Pp 418.Dl "dd if=file conv=pareven | cmp -x - file" 419.Pp 420To create an image of a Mode-1 CD-ROM, which is a commonly used format 421for data CD-ROM disks, use a block size of 2048 bytes: 422.Pp 423.Dl "dd if=/dev/cd0 of=filename.iso bs=2048" 424.Pp 425Write a filesystem image to a memory stick, padding the end with zeros, 426if necessary, to a 1MiB boundary: 427.Pp 428.Dl "dd if=memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=1m conv=noerror,sync" 429.Sh SEE ALSO 430.Xr cp 1 , 431.Xr mt 1 , 432.Xr recoverdisk 1 , 433.Xr tr 1 , 434.Xr geom 4 , 435.Xr trim 8 436.Sh STANDARDS 437The 438.Nm 439utility is expected to be a superset of the 440.St -p1003.2 441standard. 442The 443.Cm files 444and 445.Cm status 446operands and the 447.Cm ascii , 448.Cm ebcdic , 449.Cm ibm , 450.Cm oldascii , 451.Cm oldebcdic 452and 453.Cm oldibm 454values are extensions to the 455.Tn POSIX 456standard. 457.Sh HISTORY 458A 459.Nm 460command appeared in 461.At v5 . 462.Sh BUGS 463Protection mechanisms in the 464.Xr geom 4 465subsystem might prevent the super-user from writing blocks to a disk. 466Instructions for temporarily disabling these protection mechanisms can be 467found in the 468.Xr geom 4 469man page. 470