in reply to What is the function that does the following..?

If you're on Linux, the od utility can be quite handy for such things.

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Re^2: What is the function that does the following..?
by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Apr 16, 2010 at 00:38 UTC
    Just out of curiosity, I tried the Linux od utility and the ppt od utility. I created a file called "text":
    Some random text.\nMore\nEven More\n
    Then for the Linux utility:
    od -N 36 -c /root/Desktop/text
    Then for the ppt version of od:
    /usr/local/ppt/bin/od -c /root/Desktop/text
    The Linux od let me control the number of bytes that were dumped; however, with the ppt od, there is no -N option.
Re^2: What is the function that does the following..?
by ttlgreen (Sexton) on Apr 16, 2010 at 19:48 UTC

    Thanks for all the help everyone! With this od utility and a better regex I was able to cobble together a solution. Sorry I only have 4 votes to give ;)