bash:zackpc->randy 390: od -t xS -t c `which od` 0000000 010b 0064 4000 0000 1000 0000 0000 0000 \v 001 d \0 \0 @ \0 \0 \0 020 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 0000020 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 * 0002000 97e8 003d b800 002d 0000 00bb 0000 cd00 350 227 = \0 \0 270 - \0 \0 \0 273 \0 \0 \0 \0 315 0002020 a380 0b5c 6009 448b 0824 34a3 090b 0f60 200 243 \ \v \t ` 213 D $ \b 243 4 \v \t ` 017 0002040 05b7 4028 0000 e850 3e88 0000 c483 e804 267 005 ( @ \0 \0 P 350 210 > \0 \0 203 304 004 350 0002060 3ec0 0000 bbe8 002d 5000 91e8 0003 5b60 If you really hate octal, and want to see the offsets in a different base, od allows that. The option is -A x to see the offsets in hexadecimal, or -A d to show the offsets in decimal.