bhead

"October 2000"

"CyberSoft, Inc." "VFind Security Toolkit"

NAME

bhead \- Binary head tool

SYNOPSIS

bhead .RB "[ " "-h" " | " "-?" " | "

"--help" " ] [ " "-c" .RB " | " "--copyright" .RB " ] [ " "-v" " | "

"--version" " ]" .sp .TP bhead "[ " "-b" .IR numbytes " ]"

DESCRIPTION

bhead reads from the standard input and outputs the first .I numbytes bytes to standard output. This is especially useful when you only need to scan a specific number of bytes from a raw device such as a boot sector or tape.

USAGE

OPTIONS

"\-c" ", " "\-\-copyright" Display copyright information and then exit. All other options will be ignored.

"\-h" ", " "\-?" ", " "\-\-help" Display usage message and then exit. All other options will be ignored.

"\-v" ", " "\-\-version" Display version information and then exit. All other options will be ignored.

"\-b " "numbytes" This option tells bhead how many bytes to output to standard output.

SEE ALSO

"vfind" "(1), " "cit" "(1), "

"uad" "(1), " "dd" "(1), " "cat" "(1)"

BUGS

Please report all bugs to "support@cyber.com" "." Make sure to include the version of bhead, the platform and OS, the script or command used, the complete output showing the bug, a short description of the problem, and contact information.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1999-2000 CyberSoft, Inc. All rights reserved.