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@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Options marked with **\*** are not yet implemented.
Print XL/XE International Character Set conversions instead of ATASCII.
-l *len*
- **\*** Stop after dumping *len* bytes. *len* may be given in decimal or hex (with
+ Stop after dumping *len* bytes. *len* may be given in decimal or hex (with
leading *0x* or *$*).
-m
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ Options marked with **\*** are not yet implemented.
-o *offset*
Add *offset* to displayed file position. *offset* can be given in decimal
- or hex (with leading *0x* or *$*).
+ or hex (with leading *0x* or *$*). Negative offsets are allowed, but they
+ will be printed as very large positive numbers in the output (this matches
+ **xxd**\'s behaviour).
-s *[-]seek*
- **\*** Start at *seek* bytes. Without *-*, this is an absolute offset. With *-*,
+ Start at *seek* bytes. Without *-*, this is an absolute offset. With *-*,
it's relative to the end of the file. The *-* option won't work when
reading from standard input. *seek* may be given in decimal or hex
(with leading *0x* or *$*).
@@ -68,7 +70,8 @@ Options marked with **\*** are not yet implemented.
Use uppercase letters for hex digits; the default is lowercase.
-v
- Verbose. Currently, this option is accepted, but it doesn't do anything yet.
+ Verbose. Shows various debug messages that are probably only useful
+ if you're hacking on **a8xd**.
**--**
End of options; the nex argument is the filename. Use this if you're
@@ -100,4 +103,7 @@ missing are:
- **-b** (bits mode).
+Another difference is that **a8xd** doesn't support files larger than
+2GB. This won't be a problem for Atari 8-bit-related files!
+
.. include:: manftr.rst