NAME

hd − hexadecimal and ASCII dump

SYNOPSIS

hd [file] [ [ + ] offset [.] [ b ] ]

DESCRIPTION

hd dumps file in both hexadecimal and ASCII format.  The file argument specifies which file is to be dumped.  If no file argument is specified, the standard input is used. 

The offset argument specifies the offset in the file where dumping is to commence.  This argument is normally interpreted as octal bytes.  If .  is appended, the offset is interpreted in decimal.  If b is appended, the offset is interpreted in blocks of 512 bytes.  If the file argument is omitted, the offset argument must be preceded by +. 

Dumping continues until end-of-file. 

September 02, 1992