https://github.com/hollasch/hex

Simple hexadecimal file dump utility for Windows command line
https://github.com/hollasch/hex

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Simple hexadecimal file dump utility for Windows command line

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/hollasch/hex
• Owner: hollasch
• License: mit
• Created: 2013-03-10T00:04:58.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-11-23T10:31:09.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-11-23T11:33:51.654Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: c-plus-plus, command-line, command-line-tool, dumps, hexadecimal, windows
• Language: C++
• Size: 56.6 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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hex

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A hexadecimal dump for the Windows command line.

Summary

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This is a simple hexadecimal print utility that reads input from the standard input stream or from

files specified on the command line. See doc/hex.html for usage information.

Usage

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    hex v1.1.0  2020-10-03  https://github.com/hollasch/hex

    hex:    dumps the contents of a file in hex and ASCII

    usage:  hex [--byte|-b] [--word|-w] [--longword|-l] [--quadword|-q]

                [--octword|-o] [--compact|-c]

                [<-s|--start> ] [<--end|-e> ] [file] ... [file]

        This tool dumps the contents of a file in hexadecimal and ascii. If no

        filenames are supplied, hex reads from the standard input stream.

        --byte,-b      Display output grouped by bytes

        --word,-w      Display output grouped by words (16-bits)

        --longword,-l  Display output grouped by longwords (32-bits)

        --quadword,-q  Display output grouped by quadwords (64-bits)

        --octword,-o   Display output grouped by octwords (128-bits)

        --compact, -c

            Compact duplicate lines. Blocks of identical data are represented by the

            first line of data followed by a single line of \"====\".

        --start 
, -s 


        --end 
, -e 


            Start/end the dump at the given location. To specify octal, prefix with

            '0'. To specify hexadecimal, prefix with '0x'. For example, 200 = 0310 =

            0xc8.


        --version

            Display version information

Description

------------

`hex` is a filter that reads data from either standard input (if no filenames are supplied) or from

the list of files, and dumps the data in hexadecimal and ASCII. Note that options may be prefixed

with either a `'-'` or with a `'/'` character, and that you can put spaces between the switch letter

and the argument (for example, "`-e200`" or "`-e 200`").

To specify hexadecimal values, prefix with "`0x`". to specify octal values, prefix with "`0`"

(zero). for example, `200` = `0310` = `0xc8`.

**Important**: From the command line, DOS does redirection streams as text, rather than binary. This

means that if you want to look at a binary data file, you should probably specify the filename on

the command line (for example, `hex foo.xyz`) rather than as a redirection (as in `hex 

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