[ILUG] Missing GNU tool

Fri Oct 29 18:17:49 IST 1999

Caolan wrote

> GNU od is highly configurable.  For character and hex view, use "od
> -tx1c" - it's not quite the same as hexl-view, but it gives you all the
> same information.

od  -tx1c   gives me 

0000000 07 16 05 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
         \a 026 005  \0  \0  \0 001  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0
0000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 02 00 00
         \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0 005  \0  \0  \0 002  \0  \0
0000040 02 4d 00 00 7d cf 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 56 00 00
        002   M  \0  \0   } 317  \0  \0  \0 003  \0  \0  \0   V  \0  \0
0000060 00 12 00 00 00 04 00 00 01 55 00 00 00 00 00 00
         \0 022  \0  \0  \0 004  \0  \0 001   U  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0

whereas with gitview or hexl-mode I get

 00000000   07 16 05 00 00 00 01 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................ 
 00000010   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 05 00 00 00 02 00 00   ................ 
 00000020   02 4D 00 00 7D CF 00 00  00 03 00 00 00 56 00 00   .M..}........V.. 
 00000030   00 12 00 00 00 04 00 00  01 55 00 00 00 00 00 00   .........U...... 

Call me a wimp if you will, but I find the second a tad easier on the brain and eyes.

Bon weekend,

Niall