Hexdump

Hexdump is a command-line tool used to show the raw bytes of a file in various ways including hexadecimal, available on Linux, FreeBDS, OS X, and other platforms. Hexdump is not part of traditional Unix systems or GNU commands. Options Command-line options aka switches of hexdump: -b: One-byte octal display. -c: One-byte character display. -C: Canonical hex+ASCII display. -d: Two-byte decimal display. -e format_string: Format the data as specified in the format string. -f format_file: Use newline-separated format strings from the file. -n length: Process only length bytes of input. -o: Two-byte octal display. -s offset: Ignore offset bytes from the beginning of the input. -v: Use unabbreviated display rather than displaying some sequences merely as *. -x: Two-byte hexadecimal display. Examples Examples of hexdump use: hexdump -v -e '"" 1/1 "%02X" " "' myfile Shows the bytes in hexadecimal using capitalized letters, each byte separated by a space. The first "" specifies and empty prefix, while the last " " specifies a single-space suffix. Versions A different version of hexdump for MS Windows is available from GnuWin32 project. External links hexdump at freebsd.org hexdump(1) OS X Manual Page at developer.apple.com Utility software 100%