[Bug 784758] Re: Wrong documentation for 'od'

[Brian Murray]

** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Triaged

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Title:
  Wrong documentation for 'od'

Status in The Gnu Core Utilities:
  Unknown
Status in Ubuntu Translations:
  Triaged
Status in “coreutils” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: coreutils

  The documentation from

  od --help

  and from

  man od

  diverge on the short name for the --string option.

  od --help says:
    -s, --strings[=BYTES] 
  (note the lowercase -s)

  man od says:
   -S, --strings[=BYTES]
  (note now it is uppercase -S)

  The right documentation for this option is the one in the 'man',
  because the desired featured is indeed achieved through -S
  (uppercase).

  Thus od --help displays wrong informations and should be corrected.

  (Probably upstream ?)

  
  I discovered that trying to port a script I wrote for Lucid to a BusyBox running on a NAS.
  Unfortunately the guys at BusyBox programmed as it is documented in the --help, and thus BusyBox's od and GNU's od have diverging features.

  ... nasty trick GNU guys have plaid to BusyBox, and they should
  probably be warned (if they don't already know because I have to cope
  with an old BusyBox).

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