Created Monday 17 August 2020
The following syntax will produce an Hexadecimal / ASCII output:
od -tx1z <filename>
The output will look like this:
0000000 25 50 44 46 2d 31 2e 34 0d 25 e2 e3 cf d3 0d 0a >%PDF-1.4.%......< 0000020 32 31 37 34 20 30 20 6f 62 6a 0d 3c 3c 2f 4c 69 >2174 0 obj.<</Li< 0000040 6e 65 61 72 69 7a 65 64 20 31 2f 4c 20 31 30 38 >nearized 1/L 108< 0000060 36 35 38 31 2f 4f 20 32 31 37 37 2f 45 20 33 36 >6581/O 2177/E 36< 0000100 36 30 36 2f 4e 20 35 36 2f 54 20 31 30 34 33 30 >606/N 56/T 10430<
Or the following syntax:
od -tax1z <filename>
Will produce a more verbose output:
000000 % P D F - 1 . 4 cr % b c O S cr nl
25 50 44 46 2d 31 2e 34 0d 25 e2 e3 cf d3 0d 0a >%PDF-1.4.%......<
000010 2 1 7 4 sp 0 sp o b j cr < < / L i
32 31 37 34 20 30 20 6f 62 6a 0d 3c 3c 2f 4c 69 >2174 0 obj.<</Li<
000020 n e a r i z e d sp 1 / L sp 1 0 8
6e 65 61 72 69 7a 65 64 20 31 2f 4c 20 31 30 38 >nearized 1/L 108<
000030 6 5 8 1 / O sp 2 1 7 7 / E sp 3 6
36 35 38 31 2f 4f 20 32 31 37 37 2f 45 20 33 36 >6581/O 2177/E 36<
000040 6 0 6 / N sp 5 6 / T sp 1 0 4 3 0
36 30 36 2f 4e 20 35 36 2f 54 20 31 30 34 33 30 >606/N 56/T 10430<