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@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   dd now accepts the count_bytes, skip_bytes iflags and the seek_bytes
   oflag, to more easily allow processing portions of a file.
 
+  dd now accepts the conv=sparse flag to attempt to create sparse
+  output, by seeking rather than writing to the output file.
+
   split now accepts an optional "from" argument to --numeric-suffixes,
   which changes the start number from the default of 0.