On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Shashi Mara wrote:
> I think it will be less confusing if  hexdump (default) display "bytes".

The hexdump is NetBSD-current has the cool "-C" option:

% hexdump -C test_hex
00000000  31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38  39 31 32 33 34 35 36 37  |1234567891234567|
00000010  38 39 30 31 32 33 34 35  36 37 38 39 30 31 32 0a  |890123456789012.|
00000020
-- 
Name: Dave Huang     |   Mammal, mammal / their names are called /
INet: khym@bga.com   |   they raise a paw / the bat, the cat /
FurryMUCK: Dahan     |   dolphin and dog / koala bear and hog -- TMBG
Dahan: Hani G Y+C 23 Y++ L+++ W- C++ T++ A+ E+ S++ V++ F- Q+++ P+ B+ PA+ PL++