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od
The od command “dumps” files into either octal format or another format. By default, it converts data into octal format:
[student@localhost ~]$ more people.txt 1 tom 2 nick 3 sue 4 tim [student@localhost ~]$ od people.txt 0000000 020061 067564 005155 020062 064556 065543 031412 071440 0000020 062565 032012 072040 066551 000012 0000031
Important options include the following:
Option | Description |
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-t | Used to specify the output format: “d” for decimal, “f” for floating point, and “x” for hexadecimal. |
-N x | Limits the output to x number of bytes. |