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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:02:54 -0400
From: "Timothy Buckelew" <Timothy.Buckelew@noaa.gov>
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Subject: Re: 'od -x' output is reversed
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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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