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            "text": "# sg_read_block_limits (man)\n\n## NAME\n\nsgreadblocklimits - send SCSI READ BLOCK LIMITS command\n\n## SYNOPSIS\n\nsgreadblocklimits [--help] [--hex] [--raw]  [--readonly] [--verbose] [--version] DEVICE\n\n## DESCRIPTION\n\nSend a SCSI READ BLOCK LIMITS command to DEVICE and outputs the response. This command is de-\nfined  for  tape  (drives)  and  its  description  is  found  in   the   SSC   documents   at\nhttp://www.t10.org .\n\n## Sections\n\n- **NAME**\n- **SYNOPSIS**\n- **DESCRIPTION**\n- **OPTIONS** (6 subsections)\n- **EXIT STATUS**\n- **EXAMPLES**\n- **AUTHORS**\n- **REPORTING BUGS**\n- **COPYRIGHT**\n- **SEE ALSO**\n\nUse structuredContent.sections for detailed options, examples, and full documentation.\n"
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                "content": "Send a SCSI READ BLOCK LIMITS command to DEVICE and outputs the response. This command is de-\nfined  for  tape  (drives)  and  its  description  is  found  in   the   SSC   documents   at\nhttp://www.t10.org .\n",
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                "content": "The  exit  status  of  sgreadblocklimits  is  0  when  it is successful. Otherwise see the\nsg3utils(8) man page.\n",
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                "content": "It is usually okay to use no options. Here is an invocation (on the first line following  the\n\"#\" command prompt) followed by some typical output:\n\n# sgreadblocklimits /dev/st0\nRead Block Limits results:\nMinimum block size: 1 byte(s)\nMaximum block size: 16777215 byte(s), 16383 KB, 15 MB\n",
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            "AUTHORS": {
                "content": "Written by Douglas Gilbert.\n",
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            "REPORTING BUGS": {
                "content": "Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.\n",
                "subsections": []
            },
            "COPYRIGHT": {
                "content": "Copyright (C) 2009-2017 Douglas Gilbert\nThis software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO warranty; not even for MER-\nCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.\n",
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            },
            "SEE ALSO": {
                "content": "sg3utils(sg3utils)\n\nsg3utils-1.43                             October 2017                   SGREADBLOCKLIMITS(8)",
                "subsections": []
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