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Date:      Sun, 26 Nov 2000 08:52:58 -0800
From:      Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>
To:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: od
Message-ID:  <p05001918b646efe10a3c@[192.168.168.205]>
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>

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 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
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