[Bug 822779] Re: dd: bad operand `--help'

[C de-Avillez]

thank you for opening this bug and helping make Ubuntu better.

Unfortuantely, you do not specify on which version of Ubuntu and
Coreutils you found this.

AT least as of Natty (Ubuntu 11.04), 'dd' does work as expected:

$ dd --version
dd (coreutils) 8.5
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, and Stuart Kemp.
$ 

and, for 'dd --help':

Usage: dd [OPERAND]...
  or:  dd OPTION
Copy a file, converting and formatting according to the operands.
(...)
Report dd bugs to bug-coreutils at gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
For complete documentation, run: info coreutils 'dd invocation'


I am marking this bug Incomplete/Low, pending your response.


** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  dd: bad operand `--help'

Status in “coreutils” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  
  For dd tool, its not possible to use --version or --help operand, also other things seems broken
  like specifying byte size in mega bytes , stats print out, etc...   Looks broken.

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