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Subject: Re: Byte-order in od -x (Win2K)
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:45:27 +0100
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From: "Fergus Daly" <f DOT daly AT chs DOT dundee DOT ac DOT uk>
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>> Exactly the other way round ...

	~> echo abcd | od -tx1
	0000000 61 62 63 64 0a
	0000005

is nice; and, for some purposes

	~> echo abcd | od -An -tx1
	 61 62 63 64 0a

(or "od -An -tx1 <filename>") is nicer still.

("od -x .." outputs the strange transposition of bytes that you have
referred to.)

Fergus

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