Hex edit tool wanted

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3 total messages Started by Ives Aerts Fri, 27 Feb 1998 00:00

#433

Author: Ives Aerts
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 00:00

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I'm looking for a tool that can either:
- show the content of a file in hex format (like od -x), and then
  edit it
- take edited output from od and turn it back into a binary file

I know there are plenty of tools that do that on PC but so far I
haven't found any on Unix. Anybody who can give me some pointers?

Thanks in advance,
-Ives
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Re: Hex edit tool wanted

#435

Author: Jean-Francois Panisset
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 00:00

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Ives Aerts wrote:
> 
> I'm looking for a tool that can either:
> - show the content of a file in hex format (like od -x), and then
>   edit it
> - take edited output from od and turn it back into a binary file
> 
> I know there are plenty of tools that do that on PC but so far I
> haven't found any on Unix. Anybody who can give me some pointers?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> -Ives

Sort of the sledgehammer approach, but if you are already using
GNU emacs, check out "hexl-mode", which allows you to do hexadecimal
editing of an emacs buffer (after you have "hexlified" it).

JF

my name is jf PANISSET and i work AT a DISCREET DOT COMpany

Re: Hex edit tool wanted

#436

Author: Andreas Ley
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 00:00

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In article <6d6qm1$93n$1@news3.Belgium.EU.net>, ives@lynch.sonytel.be (Ives Aerts) writes:
> - show the content of a file in hex format (like od -x), and then
>   edit it
> - take edited output from od and turn it back into a binary file

vim (e.g. ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/misc/editors/vim/unix/) has xxd,
which does this for batch jobs. fm is nice for online editing (dunno
where this came from, but at least you can get it from my depot:
http://andy.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/~andy/source/Source/fm-2.02.tar.z)

Bye, Andy

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