1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/hexdump_xxd.c b/util-linux/hexdump_xxd.c
index aa215569f..fe78f6242 100644
--- a/util-linux/hexdump_xxd.c
+++ b/util-linux/hexdump_xxd.c
@@ -186,9 +186,11 @@ int xxd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
        } else {
                if (cols == 0)
                        cols = (opt & OPT_i) ? 12 : 16;
-                if (opt & OPT_i)
+                if (opt & OPT_i) {
-                        bytes = 1; /* -i ignores -gN */
+                        bytes = 1; // -i ignores -gN
-                else
+                        // output is "  0xXX, 0xXX, 0xXX...", add leading space
+                        bb_dump_add(dumper, "\" \"");
+                } else
                        bb_dump_add(dumper, "\"%08.8_ax: \""); // "address: "
        }
@@ -197,14 +199,15 @@ int xxd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
        }
        if (bytes < 1 || bytes >= cols) {
-                sprintf(buf, "%u/1 \"%%02x\"", cols); // cols * "xx"
+                sprintf(buf, "%u/1 \"%%02x\"", cols); // cols * "XX"
                bb_dump_add(dumper, buf);
        }
        else if (bytes == 1) {
                if (opt & OPT_i)
-                        sprintf(buf, "%u/1 \" 0x%%02x,\"", cols); // cols * " 0xxx,"
+                        sprintf(buf, "%u/1 \" 0x%%02x,\"", cols); // cols * " 0xXX,"
+//TODO: compat: omit the last comma after the very last byte
                else
-                        sprintf(buf, "%u/1 \"%%02x \"", cols); // cols * "xx "
+                        sprintf(buf, "%u/1 \"%%02x \"", cols); // cols * "XX "
                bb_dump_add(dumper, buf);
        }
        else {