GNU bug report logs - #14656
od -cx

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "VANDEMAN, MIKE" <mv2371 <at> att.com>

Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:21:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, notabug

Merged with 14657

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "VANDEMAN, MIKE" <mv2371 <at> att.com>
To: "bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: od -cx
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:18:58 +0000
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Why does od -cx display the characters backwards and with no alignment between the character & the hex value?

V=56
G=47
...

alpi104:

+ print 'VG Name               appl_vg'
0000000   V   G       N   a   m   e
        4756 4e20 6d61 2065 2020 2020 2020 2020
0000020                           a   p   p   l   _   v   g  \n
        2020 2020 2020 7061 6c70 765f 0a67

Mike Vandeman
510-204-0643
System Hosting - SSOP 2 Midrange Compression (Working 8:00 am - 4:30 pm PT Mon-Fri)



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