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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2012-11-17 08:23:47 -0800
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2012-11-17 08:24:16 -0800
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doc: explain why dd is called "dd"
* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Mention JCL.
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@@ -8045,7 +8045,9 @@ dd @var{option}
@end example
The only options are @option{--help} and @option{--version}.
-@xref{Common options}. @command{dd} accepts the following operands.
+@xref{Common options}. @command{dd} accepts the following operands,
+whose syntax was inspired by the DD (data definition) statement of
+OS/360 JCL.
@table @samp