Wednesday, February 17, 2010

What is od command?

octal dump displays contents as octal numbers. This can be useful when the output contains non-printable characters. For example, a filename may contain non-printable characters. It can also be handy to view binary files.

OPTIONS

-A, –address-radix=radix
Select the base in which file offsets are printed.
radix can be one of the following:

  • d decimal
  • o octal
  • x hexadecimal
  • n none (do not print offsets)
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