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Hello all. I need a simple way to write to a specific memory space (/dev/mem). In a bash script if possible. (I am using dd to read the changes) Thanks ...
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    King_Richee
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    Cool Write to a specific memory space.

    Hello all. I need a simple way to write to a specific memory space (/dev/mem). In a bash script if possible. (I am using dd to read the changes) Thanks in advace.
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    'dd' has 'seek', 'bs' and 'count' options you might want to look into.
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    Wink

    thanks john
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    Don't forget newer linux kernel make it so /dev/mem can not access the whole memory (i.e kernel memory ,....etc )
    If you want the whole thing nothing missing you will have to use or mkfifo to create /dev/kmem.

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