On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 23:52:27 -0300 Paulo <kretc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Does this have significant advantages over these tools that are > > already in the archive and likely to be near-ubiquitous on GNU > > systems? > > > > * od -t x1 (part of coreutils, and a subset of its functionality is > > standardized in POSIX) > > * hd, aka hexdump (part of bsdmainutils) > > * xxd (part of vim-common) > > Yes, you're right, there are other tools, but in my opinion, this > program can interest people with less technical skils because of it > output design and simplicity. [...]
Not that I'm against packaging hdump but IMO people who actually understand what the hex dump is have the necessary skills to master `od` et al by definition :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150721125258.4fbc1371e78ad34609d58...@domain007.com
