From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Nov 26 8:58:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from cfcl.com (unknown [24.221.169.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECAE537B479 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 08:58:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.168.205] (cerberus [192.168.168.205]) by cfcl.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA99986 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 08:58:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20001126163319.A68842@uk.clara.net> References: <20001126150107.A68587@uk.clara.net> <20001126160836.A6889@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> <20001126163319.A68842@uk.clara.net> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 08:52:58 -0800 To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org From: Rich Morin Subject: Re: od Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org From a 4.1 system gives the following explanation, which would seem to cover everything except the purpose of the -P, -p, or -w options and the `label'' component of the offset syntax (:-). -r OD(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual OD(1) NAME od - octal, decimal, hex, ASCII dump SYNOPSIS od [-aBbcDdeFfHhIiLlOovXx] [[+]offset[.][Bb]] file DESCRIPTION Od has been deprecated in favor of hexdump(1). Hexdump, if called as od, provides compatibility for the options listed above. It does not provide compatibility for the -s option (see strings(1)) or the -P, -p, or -w options, nor is compatibility provided for the ``la- bel'' component of the offset syntax. SEE ALSO hexdump(1), strings(1) BUGS Quite a few. HISTORY A od command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX. BSD May 27, 1994 1 -- -- Rich Morin: rdm@cfcl.com, +1 650-873-7841, http://www.cfcl.com/rdm Prime Time Freeware: info@ptf.com, +1 408-433-9662, http://www.ptf.com MacPerl: http://www.macperl.com, http://www.ptf.com/ptf/products/MPPE MkLinux: http://www.mklinux.org, http://www.ptf.com/ptf/products/MKLP To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message