Print a line character by character by showing whitespaces: $ dmesg | sed -n -e '7p' | od -a 0000000 [ sp sp sp sp sp 1 , 0 0 0 0 0 0 ] sp 0000020 N e t B S D sp 9 . 0 sp ( X E N 3 0000040 _ D O M U ) sp # 0 : sp F r i sp F 0000060 e b sp 1 4 sp 0 0 : 0 6 : 2 8 sp U 0000100 T C sp 2 0 2 0 nl 0000110 […]