RE: od -tx1|-tx2|-to1|-to2 output problem

[Howland Craig D (Craig)]

Thanks to both Jim and Bob for the answer.  Using -v gives the behavior
that I was expecting (and shows that there is not a problem with od,
except for what I would consider to be an odd default--which we're stuck
with for the historical reasons given).
 
I do have one suggestion/request, though:  please explain this behavior
better in the man page.  Both explanations are good, but they came from
the info page.  I don't know how most people go about it, but I rarely
use info, using man as normal practice.  Not being an old-time power
user of od, the man page entry of
        "-v, --output-duplicates
                do not use * to mark line suppression"
meant nothing to me--and with no other mention in the man page of line
suppression it wouldn't.  Given the bizarre default of suppressing
output,
I suggest that the better info entry for -v is worth pulling into the
man
page.
 
Thanks also to Bob for pointing out printf instead of print.  I was
wondering what was best to use--knowing that print is problematic for
portability---but since I started on a mainframe with System V, printf
is not in my normal usage pattern.
 
Craig