---
name: "bdump"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libbiniou-ocaml-dev"
version: "1.2.2-4+b3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bdump"
---

# bdump(1)

visualization of biniou data

## NAME

bdump - visualization of biniou data

## SYNOPSIS

**bdump \[*Options...*\] \[*file*\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**bdump** prints biniou data files in human readable form. For the conversion of hash tags into meaningful names, **bdump** maintains a dictionary of words, see option *-h.* New words can be added to this dictionary with *-d* and *-w. The dictionary is saved between invocation, see option* *-x* and  *-h.*

If the *file* argument is omitted,  **bdump** reads data from standard input.

## OPTIONS

- **-d file**

  load *file* containing words to add to the dictionary, one per line

- **-h file**

  set dictionary file for unhashing. Default is *$HOME/.bdump-dict* on Unix and *$HOMEPATH\_bdump-dict* on Windows

- **-w word1,word2,...**

  add words to the dictionary

- **-x**

  neither load nor update the dictionary file (see option *-h)*

- **-help \| --help**

  print options and exit

## SEE ALSO

- the **biniou** web site, *http://mjambon.com/biniou.html*

  ## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Sylvain Le Gall \<gildor@debian.org\> and Hendrik Tews \<hendrik@askra.de\>, specifically for the Debian project (and may be used by others).