$ od -c imptest.txt
0000000   1   0   0  \t   M   a   x       S   y   d   o   w  \n   1   0
0000020   1  \t   C   o   u   n   t       D   r   a   c   u   l   a  \n
0000040

$ printf 'aa\tb\n\ncc\n1234567123456789' | od -c
0000000   a   a  \t   b  \n  \n   c   c  \n   1   2   3   4   5   6   7
0000020   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
0000031