GNU bug report logs - #17367
od command not working correctly ?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "Dieter Walz" <dieter.walz <at> web.de>

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 07:33:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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

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From: "Dieter Walz" <dieter.walz <at> web.de>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: od command not working correctly ?
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 08:20:52 +0200

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Dieter Walz <dieter.walz <at> web.de>
Cc: 17367 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17367: od command not working correctly ?
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:44:43 +0100

tag 17367 notabug
close 17367
stop

On 04/29/2014 07:20 AM, Dieter Walz wrote:
>    Hi,
>    I've got a problem with od command; could anyone check, please?
> 
>    After editing and saving a file ...
>    [de139642 <at> oc0027726724 ~]$ cat temp.txt
>    a1
>    b2
>    c3
>    ... I wanted to browse it in hex mode by use of 'od' command, however I
>    failed
>    to obtain a correct image:
> 
>    [de139642 <at> oc0027726724 ~]$ od -t x temp.txt
>    0000000 620a3161 33630a32 00000a0a
>    0000012
>    [de139642 <at> oc0027726724 ~]$ od -t x2 temp.txt
>    0000000 3161 620a 0a32 3363 0a0a
>    0000012
>    [de139642 <at> oc0027726724 ~]$ od -x temp.txt
>    0000000 3161 620a 0a32 3363 0a0a
>    0000012
>    [de139642 <at> oc0027726724 ~]$
>    using vi (hex mode) instead, I got what I expected ....
>    1: 6131 0a62 320a 6333 0a0a                 a1.b2.c3..
>    Is there an error with od command or do I understand it badly?

I added EXAMPLES to the man page a while back,
which might be what you want:

  od -A x -t x1z -v
    Display hexdump format output

I notice the vi hex mode is using big endian 2 byte format.
If you do want that, you can get with the version of od in git like:

  $ od --endian=big -Ax -t x2z -v temp.txt
    000000 6131 0a62 320a 6333 0a00                 >a1.b2.c3.<

Pádraig.
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:36:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 17367 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and "Dieter Walz" <dieter.walz <at> web.de> Request was from Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:36:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 28 May 2014 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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