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NAME
xd - dump file contents in multiple formats
SYNOPSIS
xd [ option ... ] [ -format ... ] [ file... ]
DESCRIPTION
Xd dumps the contents of each file in one or more formats.
If no file is specified, standard input is read. Input is
processed in 16 byte chunks. Each chunk is output in each
of the specified formats, one format per line. Each line of
output is prefixed its file offset. This is zero padded for
the first format; subsequent formats are blank padded. If
more than one file is specified, the name of each file is
output at the start of its dump.
Output formats are specified by a two character name, 4x by
default. The first character defines the byte width of the
format; the second character defines the style of output.
The available width specifiers are:
1 or b 1 byte units.
2 or w 2 byte big-endian units.
4 or l 4 byte big-endian units.
8 or v 8 byte big-endian units.
The available styles are:
o Octal
d Decimal
x Hexadecimal
In addition to the above format specifiers, -c can be used
to denote ASCII format. This is the same as 1x except that
codes are printed as printable ASCII characters or Limbo
escape sequences where possible.
OPTIONS
-u Unbuffered output. The output buffer is flushed
after the dump of each 16 byte input chunk has
been generated.
-r Mark repeated 16 byte input chunks. The first
chunk is output as per the format specifiers, fol-
lowed by an asterisk representing 1 or more occur-
rences of identical data.
-s Reverse the order of input bytes in chunks of 4
before processing for output.
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-astyle Print file addresses in the given style.
SOURCE
/appl/cmd/xd.b
BUGS
There is no means of dumping 2 or 8 byte wide values in
little-endian form.
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