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 argument, 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
- -a
- same as -t a, select named characters, ignoring
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 format 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 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
GNU coreutils home page: <
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <
http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report od translation bugs to <
http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
version 3 or later <
http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute 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.