I'd like to run a command similar to:
# echo 00: 0123456789abcdef | xxd -r | od -tx1
0000000 01 23 45 67 89 ab cd ef
0000010
That is, I'd like to input a hex string and have it converted to bytes on stdout. However, I'd like it to respect byte order of the machine I'm on, which is little endian. Here's the proof:
# lscpu | grep Byte.Order
Byte Order: Little Endian
So, I'd like it to work as above if my machine was big-endian. But since it isn't, I'd like to see:
# <something different here> | od -tx1
0000000 ef cd ab 89 67 45 23 01
0000010
Now, xxd has a "-e" option for little endianess. But 1) I want machine endianess, because I'd like something that works on big or little endian machines, and 2) "-e" isn't support with "-r" anyway.
Thanks!
What about this —
According to
man xxd
: