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dd: error message on empty arg does not match GNU

Open jfinkels opened this issue 3 years ago • 0 comments

The error message printed when dd is given an argument of, for example, bs= does not match that of GNU dd and is less clear anyway.

GNU dd:

$ dd bs=
dd: invalid number: ‘’

uutils dd:

$ ./target/release/dd bs=
./target/release/dd: Unrecognized byte multiplier -> 

jfinkels avatar Apr 04 '22 03:04 jfinkels