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XD (1) BDS C Users' Group XD (1)
NAME NAME
xd - dump file in ascii, hex byte or hex word format
SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS
xd xd [-wba] filename
DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION
__ Xd is a program to dump a file to the console in one or more
of three formats: ascii data, hex (2 digits/byte) or word
(standard 8080 format, assuming low byte first).
The following options are available:
w - dump in word format (hex)
b - dump in byte format (hex)
a - dump as ascii
The default option is -ba.
In ascii, the following conventions are used to print special
characters:
control chars - ^ followed by uppercase char
high bit (0x80) on - | followed by the character in the
low 7 bits
ctl char & 0x80 on - $ followed by uppercase character
del (0x7f) - ^ followed by space
0xff - $ followed by space
CAVEATS CAVEATS
This program was tested with v1.50 of the BDS C compiler
under CP/M 2.2. It should work with other versions of BDS C
and CP/M, but has not been tested.
EXAMPLES EXAMPLES
xd sample.c dumps file "sample.c" to the console, in both
ascii & hex format
xd -w test.dat dumps file "test.dat" to the console in hex
word format only
-1-
g conventions are used to print special
chara