.TH OD 1 .SH NAME od \- octal dump .SH SYNOPSIS \fBod\fR [\fB\-bcdhox\fR]\fR [\fIfile\fR] [ [\fB+\fR] \fIoffset\fR [\fB.\fR][\fBb\fR]\fR ]\fR .br .de FL .TP \\fB\\$1\\fR \\$2 .. .de EX .TP 20 \\fB\\$1\\fR # \\$2 .. .SH OPTIONS .FL "\-b" "Dump bytes in octal" .FL "\-c" "Dump bytes as ASCII characters" .FL "\-d" "Dump words in decimal" .FL "\-h" "Print addresses in hex (default is octal)" .FL "\-o" "Dump words in octal (default)" .FL "\-v" "Verbose (list duplicate lines)" .FL "\-x" "Dump words in hex" .SH EXAMPLES .EX "od \-ox file" "Dump \fIfile\fP in octal and hex" .EX "od \-d file +1000" "Dump \fIfile\fP starting at byte 01000" .EX "od \-c file +10.b" "Dump \fIfile\fP starting at block 10" .SH DESCRIPTION .PP .I Od dumps a file in one or more formats. If \fIfile\fP is missing, \fIstdin\fR is dumped. The \fIoffset\fP argument tells .I od to skip a certain number of bytes or blocks before starting. The offset is in octal bytes, unless it is followed by a \&'.\&' for decimal or \fBb\fP for blocks or both.