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@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ length
number of values to dump. Defaults to 40 (0d64). Note that this is not
the same as the number of bytes, unless .b is used.
+Note that the format of 'md.b' can be emulated from linux with::
+
+ # This works but requires using sed to get the extra spaces
+ # <addr> is the address, <f> is the filename
+ xxd -o <addr> -g1 <f> |sed 's/ / /' >bad
+
+ # This uses a single tool but the offset always starts at 0
+ # <f> is the filename
+ hexdump -v -e '"%08.8_ax: " 16/1 "%02x " " "' -e '16/1 "%_p" "\n" ' <f>
+
Example
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