od(1) DG/UX 4.30 od(1)
NAME
od - octal dump
SYNOPSIS
od [ -bcdosx ] [ file ] [ [ + ]offset[ . ][ b ] ]
DESCRIPTION
Od dumps file in one or more formats as selected by the
first argument. If the first argument is missing, -o is the
default. The format options are:
-b Interpret bytes in octal.
-c Interpret bytes in ASCII. Certain non-graphic
characters appear as C escapes: null=\0,
backspace=\b, form-feed=\f, new-line=\n, return=\r,
tab=\t; others appear as 3-digit octal numbers.
-d Interpret words in unsigned decimal.
-o Interpret words in octal.
-s Interpret 16-bit words in signed decimal.
-x Interpret words in hexadecimal.
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 begins. This argument is normally interpreted as
octal bytes. If . is appended, the offset is interpreted in
decimal. If b is appended, the offset is interpreted in
blocks of 512 bytes. If the file argument is omitted, the
offset argument must be preceded by +.
Dumping continues until end-of-file.
EXAMPLES
$ cat a
test file
$ od -b a
0000000 164 145 163 164 040 146 151 154 145 012
0000012
Displays the file "a" on the standard output. The dump is
displayed in byte octal format.
$ od -cb a
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0000000 t e s t f i l e \n
164 145 163 164 040 146 151 154 145 012
0000012
Displays the file "a" on the standard output. The dump is
displayed in ASCII and octal formats.
$ od -x a
0000000 7465 7374 2066 696c 650a
0000012
Displays the file "a" on the standard output. The dump is
displayed in hexadecimal format.
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