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hexdump — An ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump. See also: `hexyl`, `od`, `xxd`. More information: <https

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Problem

How to use the hexdump command: An ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump. See also: hexyl, od, xxd. More information: <https://manned.org/hexdump>.

Solution

hexdump — An ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump. See also: hexyl, od, xxd. More information: <https://manned.org/hexdump>.

Print the hexadecimal representation of a file, replacing duplicate lines by '*':
hexdump {{path/to/file}}


Display the input offset in hexadecimal and its ASCII representation in two columns:
hexdump {{[-C|--canonical]}} {{path/to/file}}


Display the hexadecimal representation of a file, but interpret only n bytes of the input:
hexdump {{[-C|--canonical]}} {{[-n|--length]}} {{number_of_bytes}} {{path/to/file}}


Don't replace duplicate lines with '*':
hexdump {{[-v|--no-squeezing]}} {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Print the hexadecimal representation of a file, replacing duplicate lines by '*'

hexdump {{path/to/file}}

Display the input offset in hexadecimal and its ASCII representation in two columns

hexdump {{[-C|--canonical]}} {{path/to/file}}

Display the hexadecimal representation of a file, but interpret only n bytes of the input

hexdump {{[-C|--canonical]}} {{[-n|--length]}} {{number_of_bytes}} {{path/to/file}}

Don't replace duplicate lines with '*'

hexdump {{[-v|--no-squeezing]}} {{path/to/file}}

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tldr-pages: linux/hexdump

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