Linux od Command

What is Linux od Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use od command in Linux. od command is od - dump files in octal and other formats.

od Syntax#

od [OPTION]... [FILE]...
od [-abcdfilosx]... [FILE] [[+]OFFSET[.][b]]
od --traditional [OPTION]... [FILE] [[+]OFFSET[.][b] [+][LABEL][.][b]]

od Examples#

od Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of od command. od command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for od command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man od

To open info page for od command we can use command below.

info od

To open help page from od command we can run command below.

od --help

Linux od Command Source Code#

You can find od command source code from the folowing repositories:

• od source code on GitHub
• od source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• od source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use od in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.