Question

I got some binary files containing integers. Is there some nice Unix command, that will allow me to dump it to a terminal without offset information, etc.?

Something like:

double int[4];
while (fread(tmp, sizeof(int), 4, stdin))
    for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
        printf("%d\t",tmp[i]);

It seems that hexdump and od gives me the information I want, but the output is too verbose. I just want the contents.

Answer 1

To solve this kind of problem using standard Unix tools, you typically pipe a bunch together:

od -v -t d4 ~/.profile | awk '{$1 = ""; print}' | fmt -1 | sed 's/^ *//'

The od prints every 32-bit word in decimal, with preceding offsets. The awk comment removes the offsets. The fmt command forces one integer per line. The sed command strips leading spaces off the result.