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<shachaf> mkx bin/dedot//print_args_or_input "$2\' | sed \'s.\xcc\x88..\'
author | HackBot |
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date | Sat, 31 Dec 2016 19:16:01 +0000 |
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Block devices are a concession made in Unix to make raw hard disks and magnetic tape have a similar interface to regular files and terminals. Since magnetic tapes can't write individual bytes, only entire blocks, the interface isn't exactly the same, thus the dreaded dd obs= option was born.