od

PURPOSE

     Writes the contents of storage to the standard output.

SYNOPSIS
     od [ -bcCdosx ] [ file ] [ [ + ] offset [ . ] [ b ] ]


DESCRIPTION

     The od  command reads  file (standard input  by default),
     and it  writes to standard output  the information stored
     in file using the format specified by the first flag.  If
     you do not specify the first flag, -o is the default.

     When od reads standard input, num must be preceded by a +
     (plus sign).

FLAGS

     -b Displays bytes as octal values.
     -c Displays  bytes as  ASCII  characters.  The  following
        nongraphic characters appear as C escapes sequences:
        \0 Null
        \b Backspace
        \f Form feed
        \n New-line character
        \r Return
        \t Tab
        \s1

        \s2

        \s3

        \s4
           Extended character shifts.

        Others appear as 3-digit octal numbers.
     -C Displays any extended characters as standard printable
        ASCII  characters  using   the  appropriate  character
        escape string.
     -d Displays 16-bit words as unsigned decimal values.
     -o Displays 16-bit words as octal values.

     -s Displays 16-bit words as signed decimal values.
     -x Displays 16-bit words as hexadecimal values.

     The num parameter  specifies the point in  the file where
     the storage  output starts.  The num  parameter is inter-
     preted as octal bytes.  If a  . (dot) is added to num, it
     is interpreted in  decimal.  If b is added to  num, it is
     interpreted in blocks of 512 bytes.

     The storage output continues until the end of the file.

EXAMPLES

     1.  To display a file in octal a page at a time:

           od  a.out  |  pg

         This displays a.out  in octal (base 8)  word format a
         page at a time.
     2.  To translate a file into several formats at once:

           od  -cx  a.out  >a.xcd

         This writes  "a.out" in hexadecimal (base  16) format
         ("-x") into  the file "a.xcd", giving  also the ASCII
         character equivalent, if any, of each byte ("-c").
     3.  To start in the middle of a file:

           od  -bcx  a.out  +100.

         This displays  "a.out" in octal-byte,  character, and
         hexadecimal formats, starting  from the "100"th byte.
         The  . (dot)  after the  offset  makes  it a  decimal
         number.  Without  the dot, the dump  would start from
         the 64th (100 octal) byte.

RELATED INFORMATION

     The following commands:  "sdb" and "pg."

     The "Overview of International Character Support" in Man-
     aging the AIX Operating System.