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On OS X and BSD (at least, and possibly others) the -B option forces octal-style \xxx output for non-printable characters, while -b uses C-style escapes where p
by bdowling 10y ago
On OS X and BSD (at least, and possibly others) the -B option forces octal-style \xxx output for non-printable characters, while -b uses C-style escapes where possible.
You are correct regarding the GNU option -B, which would not be relevant here, and regarding the fact that neither of these options are in POSIX. Thanks for pointing out those limitations.