Name
od -- dump files in octal and other formats
Description
od is as specified in the SUS but with
differences as listed below.
Differences
- -w, --width[=BYTES]
outputs BYTES bytes per output line.
- --traditional
accepts arguments in pre-POSIX form.
Pre-POSIX Specifications
The LSB supports option intermixtures with the following pre-POSIX
specifications:
- -a
is equivalent to -t a, selects named characters.
- -f
is equivalent to -t fF, selects floats.
- -h
is equivalent to -t x2, selects hexadecimal shorts.
- -i
is equivalent to -t d2, selects decimal shorts.
- -l
is equivalent to -t d4, selects decimal longs.
LSB Deprecated Differences
The behaviors specified in this section are expected to
disappear from a future version of the LSB; applications should only
use the non-LSB-deprecated behaviors.
- --help
displays this help and exits.
- --version
outputs version information and exits.