I'm trying to understand what an offset in a hex dump is. In particular, what purpose does an offset serve? I have googled many times but not found anything.
The offset describes where something is in the file. You can obtain and jump to offsets in code using lseek(2) or fseek(3), depending on which I/O system you're using.
The offset describes where something is in the file. You can obtain and jump to offsets in code using
lseek(2)
orfseek(3)
, depending on which I/O system you're using.