An important
explanation. The
UN*X program
od can be used tto get a
hex dump. "
od" stands for
octal dump, which explains a lot about the UN*X mindset. But the
-x,
-X and
-t x flags can variously be used to coax
od to give a hex dump.
Of course, following the 80's microcomputer revolution, hex dumps are today far more common than octal dumps. But the name sticks.