# hexdump > An ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump. > More information: . - Print the hexadecimal representation of a file, replacing duplicate lines by '*': `hexdump {{path/to/file}}` - Display the input offset in hexadecimal and its ASCII representation in two columns: `hexdump -C {{path/to/file}}` - Display the hexadecimal representation of a file, but interpret only n bytes of the input: `hexdump -C -n{{number_of_bytes}} {{path/to/file}}` - Don't replace duplicate lines with '*': `hexdump --no-squeezing {{path/to/file}}`