dd: add support for 'b' and 'x' multipliers in numeric arguments #3028
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Support the suffix 'b' (multiply by 512) and 'x' (multiply by an arbitrary amount) when specifying numeric arguments to dd.
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This pull request adds support for the suffix 'b' (multiply by 512) and 'x' (multiply by an arbitrary amount) when specifying numeric arguments to dd.
Reference: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/dd-invocation.html