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1.1       root        1: .pa 1
                      2: .he 'OD (I)'1/15/73'OD (I)'
                      3: .ti 0
                      4: NAME           od  --  octal dump
                      5: .sp
                      6: .ti 0
                      7: SYNOPSIS       od__ [ -abcdho_______ ] [ file ] [ [+_]offset[._][b_] ]
                      8: .sp
                      9: .ti 0
                     10: DESCRIPTION    od__
                     11: dumps
                     12: file____
                     13: in
                     14: one or more formats
                     15: as
                     16: selected by the first argument.
                     17: (If the first argument is missing, -o__ is default.)
                     18: The meanings of the format argument characters
                     19: are:
                     20: 
                     21: .in +5
                     22: .ti -2
                     23: a_ interprets words as PDP-11 instructions and
                     24: dis-assembles the operation code.
                     25: Unknown operation codes print as ???.
                     26: 
                     27: .ti -2
                     28: b_ interprets bytes in octal.
                     29: 
                     30: .ti -2
                     31: c_ interprets bytes in ascii.
                     32: Unknown ascii characters are printed as \\?.
                     33: 
                     34: .ti -2
                     35: d_ interprets words in decimal.
                     36: 
                     37: .ti -2
                     38: h_ interprets words in hex.
                     39: 
                     40: .ti -2
                     41: o_ interprets words in octal.
                     42: 
                     43: .in -5
                     44: The file argument specifies which file is to be dumped.
                     45: If no file argument is specified,
                     46: the standard input is used.
                     47: Thus od can be used as a filter.
                     48: 
                     49: The offset argument specifies the offset
                     50: in the file where dumping is to commence.
                     51: This argument is normally interpreted
                     52: as octal bytes.
                     53: If '.' is appended, the offset is interpreted in
                     54: decimal.
                     55: If 'b' is appended, the offset is interpreted in blocks.
                     56: (A block is 512 bytes.)
                     57: If the file argument is omitted,
                     58: the offset argument must be preceded by '+'.
                     59: 
                     60: Dumping continues until an end-of-file
                     61: condition or until
                     62: halted by sending an interrupt signal.
                     63: .sp
                     64: .ti 0
                     65: FILES          --
                     66: .sp
                     67: .ti 0
                     68: SEE ALSO       db(I)
                     69: .sp
                     70: .ti 0
                     71: DIAGNOSTICS    --
                     72: .sp
                     73: .ti 0
                     74: BUGS           --

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