NAME
od - octal dump
SYNOPSIS
od [ -abcdho ] [ file ] [ [ + ] offset[ . ][ b ] ]
DESCRIPTION
Od dumps file in one or more formats as selected by the
first argument. If the first argument is missing -o is
default. The meanings of the format argument characters
are:
a interprets words as PDP-11 instructions and dis-assembles
the operation code. Unknown operation codes print as
???.
b interprets bytes in octal.
c interprets bytes in ascii. Unknown ascii characters are
printed as \?.
d interprets words in decimal.
h interprets words in hex.
o interprets words in octal.
The file argument specifies which file is to be dumped. If
no file argument is specified, the standard input is used.
Thus od can be used as a filter.
The offset argument specifies the offset in the file where
dumping is to commence. This argument is normally inter-
preted as octal bytes. If `.' is appended, the offset is
interpreted in decimal. If `b' is appended, the offset is
interpreted in blocks. (A block is 512 bytes.) If the file
argument is omitted, the offset argument must be preceded by
`+'.
Dumping continues until end-of-file.
SEE ALSO
db (I)
BUGS
1