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title="NEW - Incorrect help text for memory write -f and -s options"
href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49018">49018</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Incorrect help text for memory write -f and -s options
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<th>Product</th>
<td>lldb
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<th>Version</th>
<td>11.0
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>PC
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Linux
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>enhancement
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>P
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<th>Component</th>
<td>All Bugs
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>lldb-dev@lists.llvm.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>david.spickett@linaro.org
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<td>jdevlieghere@apple.com, llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org
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<pre>"memory write" shares "OptionGroupFormat" with a bunch of other commands but
the options always have the same help text.
(lldb) help memory read
<...>
-f <format> ( --format <format> )
Specify a format to be used for display.
<...>
-s <byte-size> ( --size <byte-size> )
The size in bytes to use when displaying with the selected format
(lldb) help memory write
<...>
-f <format> ( --format <format> )
Specify a format to be used for display.
-i <filename> ( --infile <filename> )
Write memory using the contents of a file.
-o <offset> ( --offset <offset> )
Start writing bytes from an offset within the input file.
-s <byte-size> ( --size <byte-size> )
The size in bytes to use when displaying with the selected format
Meaning that the description for memory write -f and -s is incorrect. Reading
the code I think -s is used for the input file size and -f is used to decide
how to interpret the input values.
(lldb) memory write buf 0xcgh -f hex
error: '0xcgh' is not a valid hex string value.
I haven't looked at the other uses in detail but they look like display
commands so memory write is the odd one out. ("register write" doesn't use it)</pre>
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