Byte-order in od -x (Win2K)

[Dave Korn]

----Original Message----
>From: Fergus Daly
>Sent: 28 June 2005 15:45

> 
> ("od -x .." outputs the strange transposition of bytes that you have
> referred to.)

  It's not a 'transposition of bytes'.  It's not bytes at all; "od -x"
defaults to reading 16-bit short integers, and outputs them in host-endian
order.  It's completely correct.  "od -x" is the same as "od -x2" which is
different from "od -x1" which is what the OP really wanted in the first
place.

  Now, I'd certainly agree that short int is a strange default for od (as
indeed is octal, which it defaults to if you don't specify a base
explicitly); but it's not 'strange' and nothing is 'transposed', it's simply
correct-albeit-unexpected behaviour.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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