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Jan 162010

How to view output in Hex

Answer:

Use the hexdump command,

# hexdump test.txt
0000000 6261 0a63
0000004

To display hex+ASCII (Canonical) altogether

# hexdump -C test.txt
00000000  61 62 63 0a                                  |abc.|
00000004