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Re: Od - man page
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Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
Re: Od - man page |
Date: |
Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:38:56 -0600 |
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Mutt/1.3.28i |
Jim Meyering wrote:
> Cintia Del Rio <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi, I was trying to use the od program, and I had a hard time to
> > understand what it was doing... I'm in a little endian machine (it
> > does not look so easy to understand at all), and I used the -x option.
> > I believed that it will impress not two bytes, but two hexa digits.
>
> I'm forwarding your message to the bug-reporting list
> address@hidden, where someone else might reply
> before I do.
I as well was not sure what you were asking. Perhaps something in the
FAQ will be of use to you. Search for "The 'od -x' command prints
bytes in the wrong order." Be sure to read "on holy wars and a plea
for peace" which is one of my personal favorites.
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/
Bob