From b447948c75956566135fe87a083ea6c5fb241592 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Bruhin <me@the-compiler.org>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2019 20:42:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve help output for --dd
Make it clear that ext/cmd are optional and that the type can be a regular
expression.
---
src/binwalk/modules/extractor.py | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/binwalk/modules/extractor.py b/src/binwalk/modules/extractor.py
index 703c85d..f0407ac 100644
--- a/src/binwalk/modules/extractor.py
+++ b/src/binwalk/modules/extractor.py
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ class Extractor(Module):
Option(short='D',
long='dd',
type=list,
- dtype='type:ext:cmd',
+ dtype='type[:ext[:cmd]]',
kwargs={'manual_rules': [], 'enabled': True},
- description='Extract <type> signatures, give the files an extension of <ext>, and execute <cmd>'),
+ description='Extract <type> signatures (regular expression), give the files an extension of <ext>, '
+ 'and execute <cmd>'),
Option(short='M',
long='matryoshka',
kwargs={'matryoshka': 8},
--
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