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RE: /usr/bin/od -z
- From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail)" <garbage_collector at telia dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Cc: <bug-textutils at gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:08:02 +0200
- Subject: RE: /usr/bin/od -z
Cc'ed to bug-textutils at gnu dot org - FYI
> From: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com [mailto:cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com]On Behalf
> Of Randall R Schulz
>
> Hannu,
>
> I believe od is operating correctly.
>
> You must use the "-t ..." option syntax to be able to use the "z"
> modifier.
>
> Randall Schulz
Thanks!
Too bad the '--help' text indicates something else.
In other words...
--
$ od --help
...
with b suffix, by 1024 with k and by 1048576 with m. Adding a z suffix to
any type adds a display of printable characters to the end of each line
of output. --string without a number implies 3. --width without a number
implies 32. By default, od uses -A o -t d2 -w 16.
Report bugs to <bug-textutils at gnu dot org>.
--
should be replaced by something like
--
...
Adding a z suffix to
a TYPE definitiion adds a display of printable characters to the end of each
line
of output.
...
--
/Hannu E K Nevalainen, Mariefred, Sweden
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