hexdump is a really nifty tool which is used for analyzing text files, binaries, and streams. *BSD's copy of hexdump(1) is pretty awesome and the basis for many other derivatives (FSF has their own variant -- TODO find reference).

The FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD copies of hexdump(1) have diverged somewhat though, and it would be nice for the projects to have a common base to move work of, to avoid unnecessary duplication and bugfixing efforts.

Thus, this project's ultimate aim is to be a common base for all BSD licensed copies of hexdump(1).