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From:	Mark Himsley <mark AT mdsh DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: od
Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:28:47 +0000
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:06:27 GMT you wrote:

>I created at test file with 4 characters in it:
>
>	HTTP
>
>Then, I run od -bcx and I get:
>
>110 124 124 120 012 000
>  H   T   T   P  \n  \0
>5448 5054 000a

That is correct in this little-endian platform, see
http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/l/little-endian.html

>You can see that the hex values in the last line are reversed.
>I think they should be 4854 5450 000a.

Only if you were on a big-endian platform.

-- 
Mark Himsley
In Acton

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