Command: od - octal dump Syntax: od [-bcdhox] [file] [ [+] offset [.][b] ] Flags: -b Dump bytes in octal -c Dump bytes as ASCII characters -d Dump words in decimal -h Print addresses in hex (default is octal) -o Dump words in octal (default) -v Verbose (list duplicate lines) -x Dump words in hex Examples: od -ox file # Dump file in octal and hex od -d file +1000 # Dump file starting at byte 01000 od -c file +10.b # Dump file starting at block 10 Od dumps a file in one or more formats. If file is missing, stdin is dumped. The offset argument tells od to skip a certain number of bytes or blocks before starting. The offset is in octal bytes, unless it is followed by a '.' for decimal or b for blocks or both.