GNU bug report logs - #29012
od: add skip option

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Christian Kögler <ck3d <at> gmx.de>

Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:27:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Christian Kögler <ck3d <at> gmx.de>
To: 29012 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29012: od: busy skip on block devices
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:13:33 +0200

If od is used on block devices together with skip, od reads the skipped bytes instead of seeking it.

Cheers
Christian
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