MOVSB            Move String Byte                    Flags: not altered
 
MOVSB
 
          Logic:    (ES:DI)  (DS:SI)
                    if DF = 0
                        SI  SI + 1
                        DI  DI + 1
                    else
                        SI  SI - 1
                        DI  DI - 1
 
    This instruction copies the byte pointed to by DS:SI into the location
    pointed to by ES:DI. After the move, SI and DI are incremented (if the
    direction flag is cleared) or decremented (if the direction flag is
    set), to point to the next byte.
 
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   Operands                  Clocks   Transfers  Bytes   Example
      -                        18         2        1     MOVSB
   (repeat)                 9+17/rep    2/rep      1     REP MOVSB
 
  -------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------
 
    Assuming BUFFER1 as been defined somewhere as:
 
          BUFFFER1        DB      100 DUP (?)
 
    the following example moves 100 bytes from BUFFER1 to BUFFER2:
 
          CLD                     ;Move in the forward direction
          LEA     SI, BUFFER1     ;Source address to SI
          LEA     DI, BUFFER2     ;Destination address to DI
          MOV     CX,100          ;CX is used by the REP prefix
  REP     MOVSB                   ;    ...and move it.

Seealso:


 MOV 
 MOVS 
 MOVSW 
 CMPS 
 LODS 
 SCAS 
 STOS 
 REP 
 CLD 
 STD