da (Display ASCII)

da [range]
 

The da command displays as ASCII characters the values of the bytes at a given address or in a given range. The display includes all bytes up to the first zero byte. Nonprinting characters and characters having values greater than 127 are denoted by a period (.).

range
Specifies the block of memory to display. If you omit range, 128 bytes are displayed beginning at the first address after the address displayed by the previous da command.