NAME
    od - dump files in octal and other formats

SYNOPSIS
    od [OPTION]... [FILE]...
    od --traditional [FILE] [[+]OFFSET [[+]LABEL]]

DESCRIPTION
    Write an unambiguous representation, octal bytes by default, of FILE to
    standard output.  With more than one FILE argument, concatenate them in
    the listed order to form the input. With no FILE, or when FILE is -,
    read standard input.

    All arguments to long options are mandatory for short options.

    -A, --address-radix=RADIX
    decide how file offsets are printed

    -j, --skip-bytes=BYTES
    skip BYTES input bytes first

    -N, --read-bytes=BYTES
    limit dump to BYTES input bytes

    -s, --strings[=BYTES]
    output strings of at least BYTES graphic chars

    -t, --format=TYPE
    select output format or formats

    -v, --output-duplicates
    do not use * to mark line suppression

    -w, --width[=BYTES]
    output BYTES bytes per output line

    --traditional
    accept arguments in traditional form

    --help display this help and exit

    --version
    output version information and exit

  Traditional format specifications may be intermixed; they accumulate:
    -a   same as -t a, select named characters

    -b   same as -t oC, select octal bytes

    -c   same as -t c, select ASCII characters or backslash escapes

    -d   same as -t u2, select unsigned decimal shorts

    -f   same as -t fF, select floats

    -h   same as -t x2, select hexadecimal shorts

    -i   same as -t d2, select decimal shorts

    -l   same as -t d4, select decimal longs

    -o   same as -t o2, select octal shorts

    -x   same as -t x2, select hexadecimal shorts

    For older syntax (second call format), OFFSET means -j OFFSET.  LABEL
    is the pseudo-address at first byte printed, incremented when dump is
    progressing. For OFFSET and LABEL, a 0x or 0X prefix indicates hex-
    adecimal, suffixes may be . for octal and b for multiply by 512.

    TYPE is made up of one or more of these specifications:

    a   named character

    c   ASCII character or backslash escape

    d[SIZE]
    signed decimal, SIZE bytes per integer

    f[SIZE]
    floating point, SIZE bytes per integer

    o[SIZE]
    octal, SIZE bytes per integer

    u[SIZE]
    unsigned decimal, SIZE bytes per integer

    x[SIZE]
    hexadecimal, SIZE bytes per integer

    SIZE is  a number.  For TYPE  in doux, SIZE may also be  C for
    sizeof(char), S  for sizeof(short), I  for sizeof(int) or L  for
    sizeof(long).  If TYPE  is f, SIZE may also be F for sizeof(float), D
    for sizeof(double) or L for sizeof(long double).

    RADIX is d for decimal, o for octal, x for hexadecimal or n for  none.
    BYTES is hexadecimal with 0x or 0X prefix, it is multiplied by 512 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.

AUTHOR
    Written by Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
    Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
    NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A PARTICULAR
    PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
    The full documentation  for od is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
    the info and od programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
    mand

    info od

    should give you access to the complete manual.