I guess I could do all that (truth be told, my C's a bit rusty for a prompt answer). How 'bout: $echo -n "YC" > foo $hd foo 00000000 59 43

I guess I could do all that (truth be told, my C's a bit rusty for a prompt answer). How 'bout: $echo -n "YC" > foo $hd foo 00000000 59 43 |YC| 00000002 Yeah, I know, perhaps 4359 might be better. (UPDATE: fixed code spacing)