#!/bin/sh # show how to skip an amount that is smaller than the nominal block size. # There's a more realistic example in the documentation. if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then set -x dd --version fi pwd=`pwd` tmp=skip-seek.$$ trap 'status=$?; cd $pwd; rm -rf $tmp && exit $status' 0 trap '(exit $?); exit' 1 2 13 15 framework_failure=0 mkdir $tmp || framework_failure=1 cd $tmp || framework_failure=1 if test $framework_failure = 1; then echo 'failure in testing framework' (exit 1); exit fi fail=0 echo LA:3456789abcdef > in || fail=1 (dd bs=1 skip=3 count=0 && dd bs=5) < in > out 2> /dev/null || fail=1 case `cat out` in 3456789abcdef) ;; *) fail=1 ;; esac echo LA:3456789abcdef > in || fail=1 (dd bs=1 skip=3 count=0 && dd bs=5 count=2) < in > out 2> /dev/null || fail=1 case `cat out` in 3456789abc) ;; *) fail=1 ;; esac (exit $fail); exit