hexdump
- dump a block of bytes to the console in hexadecimal form
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/systm.h> void
hexdump (void *ptr int length const char *hdr int flags);
DESCRIPTION
The
hexdump ();
function prints an array of bytes to the console in hexadecimal form, along with
the
ASCII
representation of the bytes, if possible.
By default, each line of
output will start with an offset count, followed by 16 hexadecimal values,
followed by 16
ASCII
characters.
Fa ptr
Pointer to the array of bytes to print.
It does not need to be
NUL -terminated.
Fa length
Number of bytes to print.
Fa hdr
Pointer to a
NUL -terminated character string that will be prepended to each
line of output.
A value of
NULL
implies that no header will be printed.
Fa flags
Flags for controlling the formatting of the output.
Bits 0-7
Integer value of the number of bytes to display on each line.
A value of 0 implies that the default value of 16 will be used.
Bits 8-15
Character
ASCII
value to use as the separator for the hexadecimal output.
A value of 0 implies that the default value of 32
( ASCII
space) will be used.
HD_OMIT_COUNT
Do not print the offset column at the beginning of each line.
