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Re: 'od -x' output is reversed
- To: "Timothy Buckelew" <Timothy dot Buckelew at noaa dot gov>
- Subject: Re: 'od -x' output is reversed
- From: "Robert Praetorius" <RPraetorius at AspenRes dot Com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 04:44:35 +1000
- CC: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- Organization: Ministry of Hobo Regalia, Gauntlet Division
- Reply-to: RPraetorius at AspenRes dot Com
> 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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