From ad20c5466321f6c8bd3006953b3b37e50935cdb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "B. Watson" Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 21:45:25 -0400 Subject: a8xd: implement -o, -s, -l, add more messages for -v. --- a8xd.1 | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'a8xd.1') diff --git a/a8xd.1 b/a8xd.1 index 385983e..1995470 100644 --- a/a8xd.1 +++ b/a8xd.1 @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Print XL/XE International Character Set conversions instead of ATASCII. .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-l \fIlen\fP -\fB*\fP Stop after dumping \fIlen\fP bytes. \fIlen\fP may be given in decimal or hex (with +Stop after dumping \fIlen\fP bytes. \fIlen\fP may be given in decimal or hex (with leading \fI0x\fP or \fI$\fP). .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 @@ -86,10 +86,12 @@ set are still displayed in inverse. .TP .B \-o \fIoffset\fP Add \fIoffset\fP to displayed file position. \fIoffset\fP can be given in decimal -or hex (with leading \fI0x\fP or \fI$\fP). +or hex (with leading \fI0x\fP or \fI$\fP). Negative offsets are allowed, but they +will be printed as very large positive numbers in the output (this matches +\fBxxd\fP\(aqs behaviour). .TP .B \-s \fI[\-]seek\fP -\fB*\fP Start at \fIseek\fP bytes. Without \fI\-\fP, this is an absolute offset. With \fI\-\fP, +Start at \fIseek\fP bytes. Without \fI\-\fP, this is an absolute offset. With \fI\-\fP, it\(aqs relative to the end of the file. The \fI\-\fP option won\(aqt work when reading from standard input. \fIseek\fP may be given in decimal or hex (with leading \fI0x\fP or \fI$\fP). @@ -100,7 +102,8 @@ reading from standard input. \fIseek\fP may be given in decimal or hex Use uppercase letters for hex digits; the default is lowercase. .TP .B \-v -Verbose. Currently, this option is accepted, but it doesn\(aqt do anything yet. +Verbose. Shows various debug messages that are probably only useful +if you\(aqre hacking on \fBa8xd\fP\&. .UNINDENT .INDENT 0.0 .TP @@ -134,6 +137,9 @@ missing are: .IP \(bu 2 \fB\-b\fP (bits mode). .UNINDENT +.sp +Another difference is that \fBa8xd\fP doesn\(aqt support files larger than +2GB. This won\(aqt be a problem for Atari 8\-bit\-related files! .SH COPYRIGHT .sp WTFPL. See \fI\%http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/\fP for details. -- cgit v1.2.3