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diff --git a/doc/sg_decode_sense.8 b/doc/sg_decode_sense.8 index 7c952ed0..5680a075 100644 --- a/doc/sg_decode_sense.8 +++ b/doc/sg_decode_sense.8 @@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ feed. All other command line options and arguments are ignored. \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR=\fIHFN\fR the sense data is read in ASCII hexadecimal from a file called \fIHFN\fR. The sense data should appear as a sequence of bytes separated by space, -comma, tab or newline. Everything from and including a hash symbol to the -end of that line is ignored. If \fI\-\-nospace\fR is set then no separator -is required between the ASCII hexadecimal digits in \fIHFN\fR with bytes -decoded from pairs of ASCII hexadecimal digits. +comma, tab, hyphen or newline. Everything from and including a hash symbol +to the end of that line is ignored. If \fI\-\-nospace\fR is set then no +separator is required between the ASCII hexadecimal digits in \fIHFN\fR +with bytes decoded from pairs of ASCII hexadecimal digits. .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR output the usage message then exit. @@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ starting with "0x3b,0x07,0x00,0xff"). In other cases (i.e. when \fI\-\-write=WFN\fR is not given, or this option is given more than once) then the output is as described in the sg3_utils(8) manpage. +.br +The combination of \fI\-\-inhex=HFN\fR and this option used three times +can be useful to converting hexadecimal bytes (e.g. hyphen separated) into +a more regular form. The short option form is more convenient for invoking +this option three times (e.g. '\-HHH'). .TP \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-inhex\fR=\fIHFN\fR same action as \fI\-\-file=HFN\fR. This option was added for compatibility |