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authorNiels Möller <nisse@lysator.liu.se>2014-01-31 17:39:52 +0100
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2014-02-09 11:29:24 +0000
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od: add an --endian option to control byte swapping
* src/od.c (main): Handle the new --endian option, taking "little" and "big" as parameters. (usage): Describe the new option. (PRINT_FIELDS): Adjust to swap bytes if required. * tests/misc/od-endian.sh: A new test to verify the byte swapping operations for hex (ints) and floats for all sizes between 1 and 16 inclusive. * test/local.mk: Reference the new test. * doc/coreutils.texi (od invocation): Describe the new option. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
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@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
it would display an error, requiring --no-dereference to avoid the issue.
[bug introduced in coreutils-5.3.0]
+** New features
+
+ od accepts a new option: --endian=TYPE to handle inputs with different byte
+ orders, or to provide consistent output on systems with disparate endianness.
+
** Improvements
stat and tail work better with HFS+ and HFSX. stat -f --format=%T now reports