'od -x' output is reversed
Robert Praetorius
RPraetorius@AspenRes.Com
Wed Sep 13 11:45:00 GMT 2000
> Let's say file 'junk' cpontains '121212'.
>
> In HP/UX 'od -x junk' yields 3132 3132 3132
>
> In cygwin it yields 3231 3231 3231
>
> Any ideas?
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/ien/ien-137.txt.3 ("On Holy Wars and a
Plea for Peace") has an amusing and authoritative discussion of this
issue. It ranks right up there with nl vs. CRLF and particle vs. wave.
----g-i-v-e---m-e---a-r-b-e-r-r-y---o-r---g-i-v-e---m-e---b-a-r-k-s-----
"oncology recapitulates philately" --Mark Maxson Robert M. Praetorius
"balance, not symmetry" --Mark Stanley home: rmp@MA.UltraNet.Com
(attribution by Stigler) work: RPraetorius@AspenRes.Com
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