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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 35e7bd9fd..326929125 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -1868,6 +1868,16 @@ none (do not print offsets). The default is octal. +@item --endian=@var{order} +@opindex --endian +@cindex byte-swapping +@cindex endianness +Reorder input bytes, to handle inputs with differing byte orders, +or to provide consistent output independent of the endian convention +of the current system. Swapping is performed according to the +specified @option{--type} size and endian @var{order}, which can be +@samp{little} or @samp{big}. + @item -j @var{bytes} @itemx --skip-bytes=@var{bytes} @opindex -j |