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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 98bfadb83..a55556a12 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -7176,7 +7176,12 @@ overriding @samp{ibs} and @samp{obs}. @opindex cbs @cindex block size of conversion @cindex conversion block size +@cindex fixed-length records, converting to variable-length +@cindex variable-length records, converting to fixed-length Set the conversion block size to @var{bytes}. +When converting variable-length records to fixed-length ones +(@option{conv=block}) or the reverse (@option{conv=unblock}), +use @var{bytes} as the fixed record length. @item skip=@var{blocks} @opindex skip |