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<a name="index-Options-_0028command_002dline_0029"></a>
<a name="Option-Descriptions-1"></a>
<h2 class="section">2.1 Option Descriptions</h2>
<p>AVRDUDE is a command line tool, used as follows:
</p>
<div class="smallexample">
<pre class="smallexample">avrdude -p partno <var>options</var> &hellip;
</pre></div>
<p>Command line options are used to control AVRDUDE&rsquo;s behaviour. The
following options are recognized:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt><code>-p <var>partno</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>This option tells AVRDUDE what part (MCU) is connected to the programmer. The
<var>partno</var> parameter is the part&rsquo;s id listed in the configuration file. To
see a list of currently supported MCUs use ? as partno, which will print the
part ids and official part names. In connection with -v, this will also print a
list of variant part names followed by an optional colon, the package code and
some absolute maximum ratings. The part id, their official part name, any of
the full variant part names or their initial part up to a dash can be used to
specify a part with the -p option. If a part is unknown to AVRDUDE, it means
that there is no config file entry for that part, but it can be added to the
configuration file if you have the Atmel datasheet so that you can enter the
programming specifications. If <code>-p ?</code> is specified with a specific
programmer, see <code>-c</code> below, then only those parts are output that the
programmer expects to be able to handle, together with the programming
interface(s) that can be used in that combination. In reality there can be
deviations from this list, particularly if programming is directly via a
bootloader. Currently, the following MCU types are understood:
</p>
<a name="index-Device-support"></a>
<p>(*) The AT90S2323 and ATtiny22 use the same algorithm.
</p>
<p>(**) Flash addressing above 128 KB is not supported by all
programming hardware. Known to work are jtag2, stk500v2,
and bit-bang programmers.
</p>
<p>(***)
The ATtiny11 can only be
programmed in high-voltage serial mode.
</p>
<p>(****)
The ISP programming protocol of the AT90S1200 differs in subtle ways
from that of other AVRs. Thus, not all programmers support this
device. Known to work are all direct bitbang programmers, and all
programmers talking the STK500v2 protocol.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-p <var>wildcard/flags</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Run developer options for MCUs that are matched by <var>wildcard</var>. Whilst
their main use is for developers some <var>flags</var> can be of utility for
users, e.g., <code>avrdude -p m328p/S</code> outputs AVRDUDE&rsquo;s understanding of
ATmega328P MCU properties; for more information run <code>avrdude -p x/h</code>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-b <var>baudrate</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Override the RS-232 connection baud rate specified in the respective
programmer&rsquo;s entry of the configuration file.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-B <var>bitclock</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Specify the bit clock period for the JTAG, PDI, TPI, UPDI, or ISP
interface. The value is a floating-point number in microseconds.
Alternatively, the value might be suffixed with &quot;Hz&quot;, &quot;kHz&quot; or
&quot;MHz&quot; in order to specify the bit clock frequency rather than a
period. Some programmers default their bit clock value to a 1
microsecond bit clock period, suitable for target MCUs running at 4
MHz clock and above. Slower MCUs need a correspondingly higher bit
clock period. Some programmers reset their bit clock value to the
default value when the programming software signs off, whilst
others store the last used bit clock value. It is recommended to
always specify the bit clock if read/write speed is important. You
can use the &rsquo;default_bitclock&rsquo; keyword in your
<code>~/.config/avrdude/avrdude.rc</code> or <code>~/.avrduderc</code>
configuration file to assign a default value to keep from having to
specify this option on every invocation.
</p>
<p>Note that some official Microchip programmers store the bitclock setting and
will continue to use it until a different value is provided. This applies to
&quot;2nd gen&quot; programmers (AVRISPmkII, AVR Dragon, JTAG ICE mkII, STK600) and
&quot;3rd gen&quot;programmers (JTAGICE3, Atmel ICE, Power Debugger). &quot;4th gen&quot;
programmers (PICkit 4, MPLAB SNAP) will store the last user-specified bitclock
until the programmer is disconnected from the computer.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-c <var>programmer-id</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Specify the programmer to be used. AVRDUDE knows about several common
programmers. Use this option to specify which one to use. The
<var>programmer-id</var> parameter is the programmer&rsquo;s id listed in the
configuration file. Specify -c ? to list all programmers in the
configuration file. If you have a programmer that is unknown to
AVRDUDE, and the programmer is controlled via the PC parallel port,
there&rsquo;s a good chance that it can be easily added to the configuration
file without any code changes to AVRDUDE. Simply copy an existing entry
and change the pin definitions to match that of the unknown programmer.
If <code>-c ?</code> is specified with a specific part, see <code>-p</code> above, then
only those programmers are output that expect to be able to handle this part,
together with the programming interface(s) that can be used in that
combination. In reality there can be deviations from this list, particularly
if programming is directly via a bootloader. Currently, the following
programmer ids are understood and supported:
</p>
<a name="index-Programmer-support"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>-c <var>wildcard/flags</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Run developer options for programmers that are matched by <var>wildcard</var>.
Whilst their main use is for developers some <var>flags</var> can be of utility
for users, e.g., <code>avrdude -c usbtiny/S</code> shows AVRDUDE&rsquo;s understanding of
usbtiny&rsquo;s properties; for more information run <code>avrdude -c x/h</code>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-C <var>config-file</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Use the specified config file for configuration data. This file
contains all programmer and part definitions that AVRDUDE knows about.
If not specified, AVRDUDE looks for the configuration file in the following
two locations:
</p>
<ol>
<li>
<code>&lt;directory from which application loaded&gt;/../etc/avrdude.conf</code>
</li><li>
<code>&lt;directory from which application loaded&gt;/avrdude.conf</code>
</li></ol>
<p>If not found there, the lookup procedure becomes platform dependent. On FreeBSD
and Linux, AVRDUDE looks at <code>/usr/local/etc/avrdude.conf</code>. See Appendix A
for the method of searching on Windows.
</p>
<p>If <var>config-file</var> is written as <var>+filename</var>
then this file is read after the system wide and user configuration
files. This can be used to add entries to the configuration
without patching your system wide configuration file. It can be used
several times, the files are read in same order as given on the command
line.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-A</code></dt>
<dd><p>Disable the automatic removal of trailing-0xFF sequences in file
input that is to be programmed to flash and in AVR reads from
flash memory. Normally, trailing 0xFFs can be discarded, as flash
programming requires the memory be erased to 0xFF beforehand. -A
should be used when the programmer hardware, or bootloader
software for that matter, does not carry out chip erase and
instead handles the memory erase on a page level. The popular
Arduino bootloader exhibits this behaviour; for this reason -A is
engaged by default when specifying -c arduino.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-D</code></dt>
<dd><p>Disable auto erase for flash. When the -U option with flash memory is
specified, avrdude will perform a chip erase before starting any of the
programming operations, since it generally is a mistake to program the flash
without performing an erase first. This option disables that.
Auto erase is not used for ATxmega devices as these devices can
use page erase before writing each page so no explicit chip erase
is required.
Note however that any page not affected by the current operation
will retain its previous contents.
Setting -D implies -A.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-e</code></dt>
<dd><p>Causes a chip erase to be executed. This will reset the contents of the
flash ROM and EEPROM to the value &lsquo;0xff&rsquo;, and clear all lock bits.
Except for ATxmega devices which can use page erase,
it is basically a
prerequisite command before the flash ROM can be reprogrammed again.
The only exception would be if the new contents would exclusively cause
bits to be programmed from the value &lsquo;1&rsquo; to &lsquo;0&rsquo;. Note that in order
to reprogram EERPOM cells, no explicit prior chip erase is required
since the MCU provides an auto-erase cycle in that case before
programming the cell.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-E <var>exitspec</var>[,&hellip;]</code></dt>
<dd><p>By default, AVRDUDE leaves the parallel port in the same state at exit
as it has been found at startup. This option modifies the state of the
&lsquo;/RESET&rsquo; and &lsquo;Vcc&rsquo; lines the parallel port is left at, according to
the exitspec arguments provided, as follows:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt><code>reset</code></dt>
<dd><p>The &lsquo;/RESET&rsquo; signal will be left activated at program exit, that is it
will be held low, in order to keep the MCU in reset state afterwards.
Note in particular that the programming algorithm for the AT90S1200
device mandates that the &lsquo;/RESET&rsquo; signal is active before powering up
the MCU, so in case an external power supply is used for this MCU type,
a previous invocation of AVRDUDE with this option specified is one of
the possible ways to guarantee this condition. <code>reset</code> is supported
by the <code>linuxspi</code> and <code>flip2</code> programmer options, as well as
all parallel port based programmers.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>noreset</code></dt>
<dd><p>The &lsquo;/RESET&rsquo; line will be deactivated at program exit, thus allowing the
MCU target program to run while the programming hardware remains
connected. <code>noreset</code> is supported by the <code>linuxspi</code> and
<code>flip2</code> programmer options, as well as all parallel port based
programmers.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>vcc</code></dt>
<dd><p>This option will leave those parallel port pins active (i. e. high) that
can be used to supply &lsquo;Vcc&rsquo; power to the MCU.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>novcc</code></dt>
<dd><p>This option will pull the &lsquo;Vcc&rsquo; pins of the parallel port down at
program exit.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>d_high</code></dt>
<dd><p>This option will leave the 8 data pins on the parallel port active
(i. e. high).
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>d_low</code></dt>
<dd><p>This option will leave the 8 data pins on the parallel port inactive
(i. e. low).
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Multiple <var>exitspec</var> arguments can be separated with commas.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-F</code></dt>
<dd><p>Normally, AVRDUDE tries to verify that the device signature read from
the part is reasonable before continuing. Since it can happen from time
to time that a device has a broken (erased or overwritten) device
signature but is otherwise operating normally, this options is provided
to override the check.
Also, for programmers like the Atmel STK500 and STK600 which can
adjust parameters local to the programming tool (independent of an
actual connection to a target controller), this option can be used
together with &lsquo;<samp>-t</samp>&rsquo; to continue in terminal mode.
Moreover, the option allows to continue despite failed initialization
of connection between a programmer and a target.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-i <var>delay</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>For bitbang-type programmers, delay for approximately
<var>delay</var>
microseconds between each bit state change.
If the host system is very fast, or the target runs off a slow clock
(like a 32 kHz crystal, or the 128 kHz internal RC oscillator), this
can become necessary to satisfy the requirement that the ISP clock
frequency must not be higher than 1/4 of the CPU clock frequency.
This is implemented as a spin-loop delay to allow even for very
short delays.
On Unix-style operating systems, the spin loop is initially calibrated
against a system timer, so the number of microseconds might be rather
realistic, assuming a constant system load while AVRDUDE is running.
On Win32 operating systems, a preconfigured number of cycles per
microsecond is assumed that might be off a bit for very fast or very
slow machines.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-l <var>logfile</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Use <var>logfile</var> rather than <var>stderr</var> for diagnostics output.
Note that initial diagnostic messages (during option parsing) are still
written to <var>stderr</var> anyway.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-n</code></dt>
<dd><p>No-write: disables writing data to the MCU whilst processing -U (useful for
debugging AVRDUDE). The terminal mode continues to write to the device.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-O</code></dt>
<dd><p>Perform a RC oscillator run-time calibration according to Atmel
application note AVR053.
This is only supported on the STK500v2, AVRISP mkII, and JTAG ICE mkII
hardware.
Note that the result will be stored in the EEPROM cell at address 0.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-P <var>port</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Use port to identify the device to which the programmer is attached.
Normally, the default parallel port is used, but if the programmer type
normally connects to the serial port, the default serial port will be
used. See Appendix A, Platform Dependent Information, to find out the
default port names for your platform. If you need to use a different
parallel or serial port, use this option to specify the alternate port name.
</p>
<p>On Win32 operating systems, the parallel ports are referred to as lpt1
through lpt3, referring to the addresses 0x378, 0x278, and 0x3BC,
respectively. If the parallel port can be accessed through a different
address, this address can be specified directly, using the common C
language notation (i. e., hexadecimal values are prefixed by <var>0x</var>).
</p>
<p>For the JTAG ICE mkII, if AVRDUDE has been built with libusb support,
<var>port</var> may alternatively be specified as
<code>usb</code>[:<var>serialno</var>]. In that case, the JTAG ICE mkII will be
looked up on USB. If <var>serialno</var> is also specified, it will be
matched against the serial number read from any JTAG ICE mkII found on
USB. The match is done after stripping any existing colons from the
given serial number, and right-to-left, so only the least significant
bytes from the serial number need to be given.
For a trick how to find out the serial numbers of all JTAG ICEs
attached to USB, see <a href="avrdude_5.html#Example-Command-Line-Invocations">Example Command Line Invocations</a>.
</p>
<p>As the AVRISP mkII device can only be talked to over USB, the very
same method of specifying the port is required there.
</p>
<p>For the USB programmer &quot;AVR-Doper&quot; running in HID mode, the port must
be specified as <var>avrdoper</var>. Libhidapi support is required on Unix
and Mac OS but not on Windows. For more information about AVR-Doper see
<a href="http://www.obdev.at/avrusb/avrdoper.html">http://www.obdev.at/avrusb/avrdoper.html</a>.
</p>
<p>For the USBtinyISP, which is a simplistic device not implementing
serial numbers, multiple devices can be distinguished by their
location in the USB hierarchy.
See the respective
See section <a href="avrdude_39.html#Troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a> entry for examples.
</p>
<p>For the XBee programmer the target MCU is to be programmed wirelessly
over a ZigBee mesh using the XBeeBoot bootloader. The ZigBee 64-bit
address for the target MCU&rsquo;s own XBee device must be supplied as a
16-character hexadecimal value as a port prefix, followed by the
<code>@</code> character, and the serial device to connect to a second
directly contactable XBee device associated with the same mesh (with
a default baud rate of 9600). This may look similar to:
<code>0013a20000000001dev/tty.serial</code>.
</p>
<p>For diagnostic purposes, if the target MCU with an XBeeBoot
bootloader is connected directly to the serial port, the
64-bit address field can be omitted. In this mode the
default baud rate will be 19200.
</p>
<p>For programmers that attach to a serial port using some kind of
higher level protocol (as opposed to bit-bang style programmers),
<var>port</var> can be specified as <code>net</code>:<var>host</var>:<var>port</var>.
In this case, instead of trying to open a local device, a TCP
network connection to (TCP) <var>port</var> on <var>host</var>
is established.
Square brackets may be placed around <var>host</var> to improve
readability for numeric IPv6 addresses (e.g.
<code>net:[2001:db8::42]:1337</code>).
The remote endpoint is assumed to be a terminal or console server
that connects the network stream to a local serial port where the
actual programmer has been attached to.
The port is assumed to be properly configured, for example using a
transparent 8-bit data connection without parity at 115200 Baud
for a STK500.
</p>
<p>Note: The ability to handle IPv6 hostnames and addresses is limited to
Posix systems (by now).
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-q</code></dt>
<dd><p>Disable (or quell) output of the progress bar while reading or writing
to the device. Specify it a second time for even quieter operation.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-s, -u</code></dt>
<dd><p>These options used to control the obsolete &quot;safemode&quot; feature which
is no longer present. They are silently ignored for backwards compatibility.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-T <var>cmd</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Run terminal line <var>cmd</var> when it is its turn in relation to other
<code>-t</code> interactive terminals, <code>-T</code> terminal commands and
<code>-U</code> memory operations. Except for the simplest of terminal commands
the argument <var>cmd</var> will most likely need to be set in quotes, see your
OS shell manual for details. See below for a detailed description of all
terminal commands.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-t</code></dt>
<dd><p>Tells AVRDUDE to run an interactive terminal when it is its turn in
relation to other <code>-t</code> interactive terminals, <code>-T</code>
terminal commands and <code>-U</code> memory operations.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-U <var>memory</var>:<var>op</var>:<var>filename</var>[:<var>format</var>]</code></dt>
<dd><p>Perform a memory operation when it is its turn in relation to other
<code>-t</code> interactive terminals, <code>-T</code> terminal commands and
<code>-U</code> memory operations. The <var>memory</var> field specifies the memory
type to operate on. Use the &lsquo;<samp>-T part</samp>&rsquo; option on the command line or
the <code>part</code> command in the interactive terminal to display all the
memory types supported by a particular device.
</p>
<p>Typically, a device&rsquo;s memory configuration at least contains the memory
types <code>flash</code>, <code>eeprom</code>, <code>signature</code> and <code>lock</code>, which
is sometimes known as <code>lockbits</code>. The signature memory contains the
three device signature bytes, which should be, but not always are, unique
for the part. The <code>lock</code> memory of one or four bytes typically
details whether or not external reading/writing of the flash memory, or
parts of it, is allowed. Parts will also typically have fuse bytes, which
are read/write memories for configuration of the device and calibration
memories that typically contain read-only factory calibration values.
</p>
<p>Classic devices may have the following memory types in addition to
<code>eeprom</code>, <code>flash</code>, <code>signature</code> and <code>lock</code>:
</p><dl compact="compact">
<dt><code>calibration</code></dt>
<dd><p>One or more bytes of RC oscillator calibration data
</p></dd>
<dt><code>efuse</code></dt>
<dd><p>Extended fuse byte
</p></dd>
<dt><code>fuse</code></dt>
<dd><p>Fuse byte in devices that have only a single fuse byte
</p></dd>
<dt><code>hfuse</code></dt>
<dd><p>High fuse byte
</p></dd>
<dt><code>lfuse</code></dt>
<dd><p>Low fuse byte
</p></dd>
<dt><code>usersig</code></dt>
<dd><p>Three extra flash pages for firmware settings; this memory is not erased
during a chip erase. Only some classic parts,
ATmega(64|128|256|644|1284|2564)RFR2, have a usersig memory. Usersig is
different to flash in the sense that it can neither be accessed with ISP
serial programming nor written to by bootloaders. AVRDUDE offers JTAG
programming of classic-part usersig memories. As with all flash-type
memories the <code>-U</code> option can only write 0-bits but not 1-bits.
Hence, usersig needs to be erased before a file can be uploaded to this
memory region, e.g., using <code>-T &quot;erase usersig&quot; -U
usersig:w:parameters.hex:i</code>
</p></dd>
</dl>
<p>ATxmega devices have the following memory types in addition to
<code>eeprom</code>, <code>flash</code>, <code>signature</code> and <code>lock</code>:
</p><dl compact="compact">
<dt><code>application</code></dt>
<dd><p>Application flash area
</p></dd>
<dt><code>apptable</code></dt>
<dd><p>Application table flash area
</p></dd>
<dt><code>boot</code></dt>
<dd><p>Boot flash area
</p></dd>
<dt><code>fuse0</code></dt>
<dd><p>A.k.a. jtaguid: JTAG user ID for some devices
</p></dd>
<dt><code>fuse1</code></dt>
<dd><p>Watchdog configuration
</p></dd>
<dt><code>fuse6</code></dt>
<dd><p>Fault detection action configuration TC4/5 for ATxmega E series parts
</p></dd>
<dt><code>fuse<em>N</em></code></dt>
<dd><p>Other fuse bytes of ATxmega devices, where <em>N</em> is 2, 4 or 5, for system configuration
</p></dd>
<dt><code>prodsig</code></dt>
<dd><p>Production signature (calibration) area
</p></dd>
<dt><code>usersig</code></dt>
<dd><p>Additional flash memory page that can be used for firmware settings; this
memory is not erased during a chip erase
</p></dd>
</dl>
<p>Modern 8-bit AVR devices have the following memory types in addition to
<code>eeprom</code>, <code>flash</code>, <code>signature</code> and <code>lock</code>:
</p><dl compact="compact">
<dt><code>fuse0</code></dt>
<dd><p>A.k.a. wdtcfg: watchdog configuration
</p></dd>
<dt><code>fuse1</code></dt>
<dd><p>A.k.a. bodcfg: brownout detection configuration
</p></dd>
<dt><code>fuse2</code></dt>
<dd><p>A.k.a. osccfg: oscillator configuration
</p></dd>
<dt><code>fuse4</code></dt>
<dd><p>A.k.a. tcd0cfg (not all devices): timer counter type D configuration
</p></dd>
<dt><code>fuse5</code></dt>
<dd><p>A.k.a. syscfg0: system configuration 0
</p></dd>
<dt><code>fuse6</code></dt>
<dd><p>A.k.a. syscfg1: system configuration 1
</p></dd>
<dt><code>fuse7</code></dt>
<dd><p>A.k.a. append or codesize: either the end of the application code section or the code size in blocks of 256/512 bytes
</p></dd>
<dt><code>fuse8</code></dt>
<dd><p>A.k.a. bootend or bootsize: end of the boot section or the boot size in blocks of 256/512 bytes
</p></dd>
<dt><code>fuses</code></dt>
<dd><p>A &quot;logical&quot; memory of 9 bytes containing all fuseN of a part, which can be used to program all fuses at the same time
</p></dd>
<dt><code>osc16err</code></dt>
<dd><p>Two bytes typically describing the 16 MHz oscillator frequency error at 3 V and 5 V, respectively
</p></dd>
<dt><code>osc20err</code></dt>
<dd><p>Two bytes typically describing the 20 MHz oscillator frequency error at 3 V and 5 V, respectively
</p></dd>
<dt><code>osccal16</code></dt>
<dd><p>Two oscillator calibration bytes for 16 MHz
</p></dd>
<dt><code>osccal20</code></dt>
<dd><p>Two oscillator calibration bytes for 20 MHz
</p></dd>
<dt><code>prodsig</code></dt>
<dd><p>Production signature (calibration) area
</p></dd>
<dt><code>sernum</code></dt>
<dd><p>Serial number with a unique ID for the pary (10 bytes)
</p></dd>
<dt><code>tempsense</code></dt>
<dd><p>Temperature sensor calibration values
</p></dd>
<dt><code>userrow</code></dt>
<dd><p>Extra page of EEPROM memory that can be used for firmware settings; this
memory is not erased during a chip erase
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>The <var>op</var> field specifies what operation to perform:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt><code>r</code></dt>
<dd><p>read the specified device memory and write to the specified file
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>w</code></dt>
<dd><p>read the specified file and write it to the specified device memory
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>v</code></dt>
<dd><p>read the specified device memory and the specified file and perform a verify operation
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>The <var>filename</var> field indicates the name of the file to read or
write. The <var>format</var> field is optional and contains the format of
the file to read or write. Possible values are:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt><code>i</code></dt>
<dd><p>Intel Hex
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>I</code></dt>
<dd><p>Intel Hex with comments on download and tolerance of checksum errors on upload
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>s</code></dt>
<dd><p>Motorola S-record
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>r</code></dt>
<dd><p>raw binary; little-endian byte order, in the case of the flash ROM data
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>e</code></dt>
<dd><p>ELF (Executable and Linkable Format), the final output file from the
linker; currently only accepted as an input file
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>m</code></dt>
<dd><p>immediate mode; actual byte values are specified on the command line,
separated by commas or spaces in place of the <var>filename</var> field of the
&lsquo;<samp>-U</samp>&rsquo; option. This is useful for programming fuse bytes without
having to create a single-byte file or enter terminal mode.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>a</code></dt>
<dd><p>auto detect; valid for input only, and only if the input is not provided
at stdin.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>d</code></dt>
<dd><p>decimal; this and the following formats generate one line of output for
the respective memory section, forming a comma-separated list of the
values. This can be particularly useful for subsequent processing, like
for fuse bit settings.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>h</code></dt>
<dd><p>hexadecimal; each value will get the string <em>0x</em> prepended.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>o</code></dt>
<dd><p>octal; each value will get a <em>0</em>
prepended unless it is less than 8 in which case it gets no prefix.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>b</code></dt>
<dd><p>binary; each value will get the string <em>0b</em> prepended.
</p></dd>
</dl>
<p>When used as input, the <code>m</code>, <code>d</code>, <code>h</code>, <code>o</code> and
<code>b</code> formats will use the same code for reading lists of numbers
separated by white space and/or commas. The read routine handles decimal,
hexadecimal, octal or binary numbers on a number-by-number basis, and the
list of numbers can therefore be of mixed type. In fact the syntax, is the
same as for data used by the terminal write command, i.e., the file&rsquo;s input
data can also be 2-byte short integers, 4-byte long integers or 8-byte
long long integers, 4-byte floating point numbers, 8-byte double precision
numbers, C-type strings with a terminating nul or C-like characters such
as <code>'\t'</code>. Numbers are written as little endian to memory. When using
<code>0x</code> hexadecimal or <code>0b</code> binary input leading zeros are used to
determine the size of the integer, e.g., <code>0x002a</code> will occupy two
bytes and write a <code>0x2a</code> to memory followed by <code>0x00</code>, while
<code>0x01234</code> will occupy 4 bytes. See the description of the terminal
write command for more details.
</p>
<p>In absence of an explicit file format, the default is to use auto detection
for input files, and raw binary format for output files. Note that if
<var>filename</var> contains a colon as penultimate character the <var>format</var>
field is no longer optional since the last character would otherwise be
misinterpreted as <var>format</var>.
</p>
<p>When reading any kind of flash memory area (including the various sub-areas
in Xmega devices), the resulting output file will be truncated to not contain
trailing 0xFF bytes which indicate unprogrammed (erased) memory. Thus, if the
entire memory is unprogrammed, this will result in an output file that has no
contents at all. This behaviour can be overridden with the <code>-A</code> option.
</p>
<p>As an abbreviation, the form <code>-U</code> <var>filename</var>
is equivalent to specifying
<code>-U</code> <em>flash:w:</em><var>filename</var><em>:a</em>.
This will only work if <var>filename</var> does not have a pair of colons in it
that sandwich a single character as otherwise the first part might be
interpreted as memory, and the single character as memory operation.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-v</code></dt>
<dd><p>Enable verbose output.
More <code>-v</code> options increase verbosity level.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-V</code></dt>
<dd><p>Disable automatic verify check when uploading data with <code>-U</code>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>-x <var>extended_param</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Pass <var>extended_param</var> to the chosen programmer implementation as
an extended parameter. The interpretation of the extended parameter
depends on the programmer itself. See below for a list of programmers
accepting extended parameters or issue <code>avrdude -x help ...</code> to
see the extended options of the chosen programmer.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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