bug#17367: od command not working correctly ?

[Pádraig Brady]

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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 ...
>    address@hidden ~]$ 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:
> 
>    address@hidden ~]$ od -t x temp.txt
>    0000000 620a3161 33630a32 00000a0a
>    0000012
>    address@hidden ~]$ od -t x2 temp.txt
>    0000000 3161 620a 0a32 3363 0a0a
>    0000012
>    address@hidden ~]$ od -x temp.txt
>    0000000 3161 620a 0a32 3363 0a0a
>    0000012
>    address@hidden ~]$
>    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.<

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