From: Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:23:35 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: doc: document multiplier for dd number options like count=N
X-Git-Tag: v8.18~46
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doc: document multiplier for dd number options like count=N

* src/dd.c (usage): Add "N" to the description of multipliers.
* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Likewise.
---

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index f7251b29a9..08ef2d8c8b 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -8399,8 +8399,8 @@ affected file descriptors, even after @command{dd} exits.
 @end table
 
 @cindex multipliers after numbers
-The numeric-valued strings above (@var{bytes} and @var{blocks}) can be
-followed by a multiplier: @samp{b}=512, @samp{c}=1,
+The numeric-valued strings above (@var{n}, @var{bytes} and @var{blocks})
+can be followed by a multiplier: @samp{b}=512, @samp{c}=1,
 @samp{w}=2, @samp{x@var{m}}=@var{m}, or any of the
 standard block size suffixes like @samp{k}=1024 (@pxref{Block size}).
 
diff --git a/src/dd.c b/src/dd.c
index d93733683c..2ebbfae865 100644
--- a/src/dd.c
+++ b/src/dd.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ Copy a file, converting and formatting according to the operands.\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
 \n\
-BLOCKS and BYTES may be followed by the following multiplicative suffixes:\n\
+N, BLOCKS and BYTES may be followed by the following multiplicative suffixes:\n\
 c =1, w =2, b =512, kB =1000, K =1024, MB =1000*1000, M =1024*1024, xM =M\n\
 GB =1000*1000*1000, G =1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.\n\
 \n\