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patch 8.0.1658: capitalize argument not available in long form
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Problem:    Capitalize argument not available in long form.
Solution:   Recognize -capitalize.  Update man page.
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27 changes: 15 additions & 12 deletions runtime/doc/xxd.1
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.PP
.TP
.IR \-a " | " \-autoskip
toggle autoskip: A single '*' replaces nul-lines. Default off.
Toggle autoskip: A single '*' replaces nul-lines. Default off.
.TP
.IR \-b " | " \-bits
Switch to bits (binary digits) dump, rather than hexdump.
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\-r, \-p, \-i do not work with this mode.
.TP
.IR "\-c cols " | " \-cols cols"
format
Format
.RI < cols >
octets per line. Default 16 (\-i: 12, \-ps: 30, \-b: 6). Max 256.
.TP
.IR \-C " | " \-capitalize
Capitalize variable names in C include file style, when using \-i.
.TP
.IR \-E " | " \-EBCDIC
Change the character encoding in the righthand column from ASCII to EBCDIC.
This does not change the hexadecimal representation. The option is
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\-r, \-p, \-i do not work with this mode.
.TP
.IR "\-g bytes " | " \-groupsize bytes"
separate the output of every
Separate the output of every
.RI < bytes >
bytes (two hex characters or eight bit-digits each) by a whitespace.
Specify
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Grouping does not apply to postscript or include style.
.TP
.IR \-h " | " \-help
print a summary of available commands and exit. No hex dumping is performed.
Print a summary of available commands and exit. No hex dumping is performed.
.TP
.IR \-i " | " \-include
output in C include file style. A complete static array definition is written
Output in C include file style. A complete static array definition is written
(named after the input file), unless xxd reads from stdin.
.TP
.IR "\-l len " | " \-len len"
stop after writing
Stop after writing
.RI < len >
octets.
.TP
.I \-o offset
add
Add
.RI < offset >
to the displayed file position.
.TP
.IR \-p " | " \-ps " | " \-postscript " | " \-plain
output in postscript continuous hexdump style. Also known as plain hexdump
Output in postscript continuous hexdump style. Also known as plain hexdump
style.
.TP
.IR \-r " | " \-revert
reverse operation: convert (or patch) hexdump into binary.
Reverse operation: convert (or patch) hexdump into binary.
If not writing to stdout, xxd writes into its output file without truncating
it. Use the combination
.I \-r \-p
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added to file positions found in hexdump.
.TP
.I \-s [+][\-]seek
start at
Start at
.RI < seek >
bytes abs. (or rel.) infile offset.
\fI+ \fRindicates that the seek is relative to the current stdin file position
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Without \-s option, xxd starts at the current file position.
.TP
.I \-u
use upper case hex letters. Default is lower case.
Use upper case hex letters. Default is lower case.
.TP
.IR \-v " | " \-version
show version string.
Show version string.
.SH CAVEATS
.PP
.I xxd \-r
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notation. Thus -c8, -c 8, -c 010 and -cols 8 are all equivalent.

-a | -autoskip
toggle autoskip: A single '*' replaces nul-lines. Default off.
Toggle autoskip: A single '*' replaces nul-lines. Default off.

-b | -bits
Switch to bits (binary digits) dump, rather than hexdump. This
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mode.

-c cols | -cols cols
format <cols> octets per line. Default 16 (-i: 12, -ps: 30, -b:
Format <cols> octets per line. Default 16 (-i: 12, -ps: 30, -b:
6). Max 256.

-C | -capitalize
Capitalize variable names in C include file style, when using
-i.

-E | -EBCDIC
Change the character encoding in the righthand column from ASCII
to EBCDIC. This does not change the hexadecimal representation.
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-e Switch to little-endian hexdump. This option treats byte groups
as words in little-endian byte order. The default grouping of 4
bytes may be changed using -g. This option only applies to hex‐
dump, leaving the ASCII (or EBCDIC) representation unchanged.
dump, leaving the ASCII (or EBCDIC) representation unchanged.
The command line switches -r, -p, -i do not work with this mode.

-g bytes | -groupsize bytes
separate the output of every <bytes> bytes (two hex characters
Separate the output of every <bytes> bytes (two hex characters
or eight bit-digits each) by a whitespace. Specify -g 0 to sup‐
press grouping. <Bytes> defaults to 2 in normal mode, 4 in lit‐
tle-endian mode and 1 in bits mode. Grouping does not apply to
tle-endian mode and 1 in bits mode. Grouping does not apply to
postscript or include style.

-h | -help
print a summary of available commands and exit. No hex dumping
Print a summary of available commands and exit. No hex dumping
is performed.

-i | -include
output in C include file style. A complete static array defini‐
tion is written (named after the input file), unless xxd reads
Output in C include file style. A complete static array defini‐
tion is written (named after the input file), unless xxd reads
from stdin.

-l len | -len len
stop after writing <len> octets.
Stop after writing <len> octets.

-o offset
add <offset> to the displayed file position.
Add <offset> to the displayed file position.

-p | -ps | -postscript | -plain
output in postscript continuous hexdump style. Also known as
Output in postscript continuous hexdump style. Also known as
plain hexdump style.

-r | -revert
reverse operation: convert (or patch) hexdump into binary. If
not writing to stdout, xxd writes into its output file without
Reverse operation: convert (or patch) hexdump into binary. If
not writing to stdout, xxd writes into its output file without
truncating it. Use the combination -r -p to read plain hexadeci‐
mal dumps without line number information and without a particu‐
lar column layout. Additional Whitespace and line-breaks are
lar column layout. Additional Whitespace and line-breaks are
allowed anywhere.

-seek offset
When used after -r: revert with <offset> added to file positions
found in hexdump.

-s [+][-]seek
start at <seek> bytes abs. (or rel.) infile offset. + indicates
that the seek is relative to the current stdin file position
Start at <seek> bytes abs. (or rel.) infile offset. + indicates
that the seek is relative to the current stdin file position
(meaningless when not reading from stdin). - indicates that the
seek should be that many characters from the end of the input
seek should be that many characters from the end of the input
(or if combined with +: before the current stdin file position).
Without -s option, xxd starts at the current file position.

-u use upper case hex letters. Default is lower case.
-u Use upper case hex letters. Default is lower case.

-v | -version
show version string.
Show version string.

CAVEATS
xxd -r has some builtin magic while evaluating line number information.
If the output file is seekable, then the linenumbers at the start of
each hexdump line may be out of order, lines may be missing, or over‐
lapping. In these cases xxd will lseek(2) to the next position. If the
output file is not seekable, only gaps are allowed, which will be
If the output file is seekable, then the linenumbers at the start of
each hexdump line may be out of order, lines may be missing, or over‐
lapping. In these cases xxd will lseek(2) to the next position. If the
output file is not seekable, only gaps are allowed, which will be
filled by null-bytes.

xxd -r never generates parse errors. Garbage is silently skipped.

When editing hexdumps, please note that xxd -r skips everything on the
When editing hexdumps, please note that xxd -r skips everything on the
input line after reading enough columns of hexadecimal data (see option
-c). This also means, that changes to the printable ascii (or ebcdic)
columns are always ignored. Reverting a plain (or postscript) style
hexdump with xxd -r -p does not depend on the correct number of col‐
umns. Here anything that looks like a pair of hex-digits is inter‐
-c). This also means, that changes to the printable ascii (or ebcdic)
columns are always ignored. Reverting a plain (or postscript) style
hexdump with xxd -r -p does not depend on the correct number of col‐
umns. Here anything that looks like a pair of hex-digits is inter‐
preted.

Note the difference between
% xxd -i file
and
% xxd -i < file

xxd -s +seek may be different from xxd -s seek, as lseek(2) is used to
xxd -s +seek may be different from xxd -s seek, as lseek(2) is used to
"rewind" input. A '+' makes a difference if the input source is stdin,
and if stdin's file position is not at the start of the file by the
time xxd is started and given its input. The following examples may
and if stdin's file position is not at the start of the file by the
time xxd is started and given its input. The following examples may
help to clarify (or further confuse!)...

Rewind stdin before reading; needed because the `cat' has already read
Rewind stdin before reading; needed because the `cat' has already read
to the end of stdin.
% sh -c "cat > plain_copy; xxd -s 0 > hex_copy" < file

Hexdump from file position 0x480 (=1024+128) onwards. The `+' sign
Hexdump from file position 0x480 (=1024+128) onwards. The `+' sign
means "relative to the current position", thus the `128' adds to the 1k
where dd left off.
% sh -c "dd of=plain_snippet bs=1k count=1; xxd -s +128 > hex_snippet"
% sh -c "dd of=plain_snippet bs=1k count=1; xxd -s +128 > hex_snippet"
< file

Hexdump from file position 0x100 ( = 1024-768) on.
% sh -c "dd of=plain_snippet bs=1k count=1; xxd -s +-768 > hex_snippet"
< file

However, this is a rare situation and the use of `+' is rarely needed.
The author prefers to monitor the effect of xxd with strace(1) or
However, this is a rare situation and the use of `+' is rarely needed.
The author prefers to monitor the effect of xxd with strace(1) or
truss(1), whenever -s is used.

EXAMPLES
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% xxd -s 0x36 -l 13 -c 13 xxd.1
0000036: 3235 7468 204d 6179 2031 3939 36 25th May 1996

Create a 65537 byte file with all bytes 0x00, except for the last one
Create a 65537 byte file with all bytes 0x00, except for the last one
which is 'A' (hex 0x41).
% echo "010000: 41" | xxd -r > file

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*
000fffc: 0000 0000 40 ....A

Create a 1 byte file containing a single 'A' character. The number
Create a 1 byte file containing a single 'A' character. The number
after '-r -s' adds to the linenumbers found in the file; in effect, the
leading bytes are suppressed.
% echo "010000: 41" | xxd -r -s -0x10000 > file
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uuencode(1), uudecode(1), patch(1)

WARNINGS
The tools weirdness matches its creators brain. Use entirely at your
The tools weirdness matches its creators brain. Use entirely at your
own risk. Copy files. Trace it. Become a wizard.

VERSION
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static int included_patches[] =
{ /* Add new patch number below this line */
/**/
1658,
/**/
1657,
/**/
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{
if (pp[2] && STRNCMP("ols", pp + 2, 3))
cols = (int)strtol(pp + 2, NULL, 0);
else if (pp[2] && STRNCMP("apitalize", pp + 2, 9))
capitalize = 1;
else
{
if (!argv[2])
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