UNIX equivalent to DOS's debug

[Theresa Patrie]

Hi, Is there an equivalent to DOS's debug command in UNIX? I would like to examine the hex contents of a file. Thanks in advance!

[Craig Rants]

There are a few debug programs here, one may suit your needs.

http://hpux.ee.ualberta.ca/

GL,
C

[Rodney Hills]

If you are only interested in viewing (not modifying), then you can use
od filename (for octal)
xd filename (for hex)

-- Rod Hills

[harry d brown jr · Accepted solution]

You can use

od -xc for hex
xd -xc - is better (it aligns the characters to the hex value)

or

od -bc for octal

live free or die
harry

[Theresa Patrie]

Thanks for the quick response! I knew there had to be a command for it! ITRC to the rescue again!