od(1)                                                       od(1)



     NAME
          od - convert binary data to a  displayable  form  in  octal,
          decimal, hexadecimal, or ASCII

     SYNOPSIS
          od [-b] [-c] [-d] [-o] [-s] [-x] [file] [[+]offset [.][b]]

     DESCRIPTION
          od dumps file in one or more formats as selected by the
          first argument.  If the first argument is missing or an
          illegal flag option is specified, -o is default.  The mean-
          ings of the format flag options are:

          -b   Interpret bytes in octal.

          -c   Interpret bytes in ASCII.  Certain nongraphic charac-
               ters appear as C escapes:  null=\0, backspace=\b,
               form-feed=\f, newline=\n, return=\r, tab=\t; others ap-
               pear as 3-digit octal numbers.

          -d   Interpret words in unsigned decimal.

          -o   Interpret words in octal.

          -s   Interpret words in signed decimal.

          -x   Interpret words in hex.

          The file argument specifies which file is to be dumped.  If
          no file argument is specified, the standard input is used.

          The offset argument specifies the offset in the file where
          dumping is to commence.  This argument is normally inter-
          preted as octal bytes.  If . is appended, the offset is in-
          terpreted in decimal.  If b is appended, the offset is in-
          terpreted in blocks of 512 bytes.  If the file argument is
          omitted, the offset argument must be preceded by +.

          Dumping continues until end-of-file.  If a file contains
          many lines of repeating characters, od represents the re-
          peating lines with an asterisk.

     EXAMPLES
               od -d file +2

          produces an octal dump of file divided up into 32-bit words
          expressed in decimal equivalents with the dump starting
          point offset by 2 octal bytes.

     FILES
          /bin/od




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     od(1)                                                       od(1)



     SEE ALSO
          adb(1), dump(1), nm(1), strings(1).





















































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