I'm trying to use the od command in a directory in OSX but it doesn't proceed and it results in the error message:
od: .: Is a directory
Could you please help me with it or any equivalent command?
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2Related: When did directories stop being readable as files? – G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica' Dec 12 '14 at 00:46
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Why are you trying to do a hex dump of a directory? – Bratchley Dec 12 '14 at 02:46
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I'm just trying to look at the i-node numbers of a directory as a part of understanding how the directory is implemented in the system. I'm following it in the book "the UNIX programming environment" – Amr M.Elsaid Dec 12 '14 at 07:31
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As @G-Man commented, you [ can't read directories as file When did directories stop being readable as files?;
Instead, to find i-node numbers, you could use
stat
➜ stat -x . File: "." Size: 1632 FileType: Directory Mode: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 501/ barisa) Gid: ( 20/ staff) Device: 1,2 Inode: 5431597 Links: 48 Access: Sun Dec 14 15:17:23 2014 Modify: Sun Dec 14 14:16:25 2014 Change: Sun Dec 14 14:16:25 2014
