I pushed this hoping that it may help forestall questions about
why dd is so, ahem, *unusual*....
* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Mention JCL.
---
doc/coreutils.texi | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 7f8c0d1..70e7ca0 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -8045,7 +8045,9 @@ dd @var{option}
@end example
The only options are @option{--help} and @option{--version}.
-@xref{Common options}. @command{dd} accepts the following operands.
+@xref{Common options}. @command{dd} accepts the following operands,
+whose syntax was inspired by the DD (data definition) statement of
+OS/360 JCL.
@table @samp
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