From 1e041a52a2eab165af03a157c83ce388c05bd73c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DTB Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 03:21:20 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] swab.1: add swab(1) man page --- docs/swab.1 | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/swab.1 diff --git a/docs/swab.1 b/docs/swab.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a0c1be3d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/swab.1 @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2024 DTB +.\" +.\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license, +.\" visit . + +.TH swab 1 + +.SH NAME + +swab \(en swap bytes + +.SH SYNOPSIS + +swab +.RB ( -f ) +.RB ( -w +.R [ +.B word size +.R ]) + +.SH USAGE + +Swab swaps the latter and former halves of a block of bytes. + +.SH EXAMPLES + +The following sh(1p) line: + +.R printf 'hello world!\n' | swab + +Produces the following output: + +.R ehll oowlr!d + +.SH OPTIONS + +The +.B -f +option ignores system call interruptions. +.PP +The +.B -w +option configures the word size; that is, the size in bytes of the block size +on which to operate. By default the word size is 2. The word size must be +cleanly divisible by 2, otherwise the block of bytes being processed can't be +halved. + +.SH DIAGNOSTICS + +If an error is encountered in input, output, or invocation, a diagnostic +message will be written to standard error and swab will exit with the +appropriate status from sysexits.h(3). + +.SH RATIONALE + +Swab was modeled after the +.R conv=swab +functionality specified in the POSIX dd utility but additionally allows the +word size to be configured. +.PP +Swab is useful for fixing the endianness of binary files produced on other +machines. + +.SH COPYRIGHT + +Copyright (c) 2024 DTB. License AGPLv3+: GNU AGPL version 3 or later +. + +.SH SEE ALSO + +dd(1p)