selected by the first argument.
If the first argument is missing,
The meanings of the format argument characters
Interpret bytes in octal.
Interpret bytes in ASCII.
Certain non-graphic characters appear as C escapes:
others appear as 3-digit octal numbers.
Interpret words in decimal.
Interpret words in octal.
argument specifies which file is to be dumped.
If no file argument is specified,
the standard input is used.
The offset argument specifies the offset
in the file where dumping is to commence.
This argument is normally interpreted
If `\fB.\fR' is appended, the offset is interpreted in
If `\fBb\fR' is appended, the offset is interpreted in
If the file argument is omitted,
the offset argument must be preceded
Dumping continues until end-of-file.