7.2.6 hexdump
Dump the contents of a file to standard output in hex format.
Syntax
hexdump [ -j bytes | --skip-bytes=bytes ] [ -N bytes | --read-bytes=bytes ]
[ --aio=naio ] [ -x ] [{ -w | --wallet } wallet-location ]
[{ -T | --trace } trace-level ] filename
Command Options
The options for the hexdump
command are:
-
filename: Specifies the file being output.
-
-j
,--skip-bytes
: Optionally specifies the number of input bytes to skip. -
-N
,--read-bytes
: Optionally specifies the number of bytes to read and output. -
--aio
: Optionally specifies the number of async I/Os to use. The default value is 4. -
-x
: Displays the file contents in hex notation. This is the default behavior anyway. -
-w
,--wallet
: Optionally specifies the path to the Exascale wallet directory. -
-T
,--trace
: Optionally enables tracing and sets the trace level to1
(minimum tracing),2
(medium tracing), or3
(maximum tracing).If the
$ADR_BASE
environment variable is set, the trace file is written to:$ADR_BASE/diag/EXC/xsh_<username>/<hostname>/trace/xsh_<date>.trc
Otherwise, the trace file is written to:
/tmp/diag/EXC/xsh_<username>/<hostname>/trace/xsh_<date>.trc
Examples
Example 7-9 Dump the contents of an Exascale file
The following example dumps the contents of the file at
@MYDATA/myfile
to standard output in hex
format.
$ xsh hexdump @MYDATA/myfile
Parent topic: XSH Command Reference