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Re: 'od -x' output is reversed
- To: RPraetorius at AspenRes dot Com
- Subject: Re: 'od -x' output is reversed
- From: "Timothy Buckelew" <Timothy dot Buckelew at noaa dot gov>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:02:54 -0400
- CC: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- Organization: DOC/NOAA/NWS - National Weather Service
- References: <39C057B3.15221.6426496@localhost>
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Robert Praetorius wrote:
> > 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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