ZEROTRUNC(8)ZEROTRUNC(8)

NAME

zerotrunc – truncate input on zero byte

SYNOPSIS

aux/zerotrunc

DESCRIPTION

Zerotrunc copies input to output until reading a first zero byte or end-of-file.

EXAMPLES

Zerotrunc can be used to read metadata of Plan 9 image files, e. g.:

 

% aux/zerotrunc < /dev/window

SOURCE

/sys/src/cmd/aux/zerotrunc.c

SEE ALSO

cat(1)