od

Display contents as an octal dump

Usage: od [list-of-files]

Standard Input: Used only if no list-of-files is given

Standard Output: Used to display results

SEE ALSO

For more information, see page 218

Useful options:

-b means show output as bytes, not words.

-c means show any printable characters.

-d means show output in decimal.

-x means show output in hexadecimal.

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