This is because hexdump defaults to using 16-bit words and you are running on a little-endian architecture. The byte sequence b1 c3
is thus interpreted as the hex word c3b1
. The -C
option forces hexdump to work with bytes instead of words.
This is because hexdump defaults to using 16-bit words and you are running on a little-endian architecture. The byte sequence b1 c3
is thus interpreted as the hex word c3b1
. The -C
option forces hexdump to work with bytes instead of words.