Hi,
the man page of the actual version 2.26.2 states:
"If no format strings are specified, the default display is equivalent to specifying the -x option."
But:
The format for -x in the source: add_fmt("\"%07.7_ax \" 8/2 \" %04x \" \"\\n\"", hex);
The format without given option: add_fmt("\"%07.7_ax \" 8/2 \"%04x \" \"\\n\"", hex);
Although they are very alike, the different spacing can confuse users when reading the man page and trying to understand the different options. I suggest to either update the man page, or fix the source hexdump.c line 146, so that the default output is really -x or vice versa.
Personally I dislike the many spaces one gets with -x and would prefer the default format string also for -x.
-- Reuti--
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