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User Commands                                               OD(1)



NAME
     od - dump files in octal and other formats

SYNOPSIS
     od [OPTION]... [FILE]...
     od [-abcdfilosx]... [FILE] [[+]OFFSET[.][b]]
     od   --traditional   [OPTION]...   [FILE]   [[+]OFFSET[.][b]
     [+][LABEL][.][b]]

DESCRIPTION
     Write an unambiguous representation, octal bytes by default,
     of  FILE  to standard output.  With more than one FILE argu-
     ment, concatenate them in  the  listed  order  to  form  the
     input.   With  no  FILE,  or  when  FILE is -, read standard
     input.

     All arguments  to  long  options  are  mandatory  for  short
     options.

     -A, --address-radix=RADIX
          decide how file offsets are printed

     -j, --skip-bytes=BYTES
          skip BYTES input bytes first

     -N, --read-bytes=BYTES
          limit dump to BYTES input bytes

     -S, --strings[=BYTES]
          output strings of at least BYTES graphic chars

     -t, --format=TYPE
          select output format or formats

     -v, --output-duplicates
          do not use * to mark line suppression

     -w, --width[=BYTES]
          output BYTES bytes per output line

     --traditional
          accept arguments in traditional form

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

  Traditional format specifications may be intermixed; they accu-
     mulate:
     -a   same  as  -t  a,   select  named  characters,  ignoring



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          high-order bit

     -b   same as -t o1, select octal bytes

     -c   same as -t c,  select  ASCII  characters  or  backslash
          escapes

     -d   same as -t u2, select unsigned decimal 2-byte units

     -f   same as -t fF, select floats

     -i   same as -t dI, select decimal ints

     -l   same as -t dL, select decimal longs

     -o   same as -t o2, select octal 2-byte units

     -s   same as -t d2, select decimal 2-byte units

     -x   same as -t x2, select hexadecimal 2-byte units

     If first and second call formats both apply, the second for-
     mat  is  assumed  if  the  last operand begins with + or (if
     there are 2 operands) a digit.  An OFFSET operand  means  -j
     OFFSET.   LABEL is the pseudo-address at first byte printed,
     incremented when dump is progressing.  For OFFSET and LABEL,
     a  0x  or 0X prefix indicates hexadecimal; suffixes may be .
     for octal and b for multiply by 512.

     TYPE is made up of one or more of these specifications:

     a    named character, ignoring high-order bit

     c    ASCII character or backslash escape

     d[SIZE]
          signed decimal, SIZE bytes per integer

     f[SIZE]
          floating point, SIZE bytes per integer

     o[SIZE]
          octal, SIZE bytes per integer

     u[SIZE]
          unsigned decimal, SIZE bytes per integer

     x[SIZE]
          hexadecimal, SIZE bytes per integer

     SIZE is a number.  For TYPE in doux, SIZE may also be C  for
     sizeof(char),  S  for  sizeof(short), I for sizeof(int) or L



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     for sizeof(long).  If TYPE is f, SIZE  may  also  be  F  for
     sizeof(float),  D  for  sizeof(double)  or L for sizeof(long
     double).

     RADIX is d for decimal, o for octal, x for hexadecimal or  n
     for  none.   BYTES  is hexadecimal with 0x or 0X prefix, and
     may have a multiplier suffix:  b 512, kB 1000,  K  1024,  MB
     1000*1000, M 1024*1024, GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024,
     and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.  Adding a z suffix to any  type
     displays  printable  characters  at  the  end of each output
     line.  Option --string without a number  implies  3;  option
     --width without a number implies 32.  By default, od uses -A
     o -t oS -w16.

AUTHOR
     Written by Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report od bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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     General        help        using        GNU        software:
     
     Report        od         translation         bugs         to
     

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright cO 2010 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License
     GPLv3+:      GNU      GPL     version     3     or     later
     .
     This is free software: you are free to change and  redistri-
     bute  it.   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

SEE ALSO
     The full documentation for od is  maintained  as  a  Texinfo
     manual.   If the info and od programs are properly installed
     at your site, the command

          info coreutils od invocation

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:









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NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http://opensolaris.org.












































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