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https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl
A command-line hex viewer
https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl
binary-data command-line hexadecimal rust tool
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A command-line hex viewer
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl
- Owner: sharkdp
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2018-11-05T22:53:35.000Z (about 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-10-29T21:47:05.000Z (3 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-29T23:43:10.211Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: binary-data, command-line, hexadecimal, rust, tool
- Language: Rust
- Homepage:
- Size: 404 KB
- Stars: 9,119
- Watchers: 69
- Forks: 231
- Open Issues: 18
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE-APACHE
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README
[](https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl/actions/workflows/CICD.yml)
[](https://crates.io/crates/hexyl)
`hexyl` is a hex viewer for the terminal. It uses a colored output to distinguish different categories
of bytes (NULL bytes, printable ASCII characters, ASCII whitespace characters, other ASCII characters and non-ASCII).
## Preview
## Installation
### On Ubuntu
*... and other Debian-based Linux distributions.*
If you run Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) or newer, you can install the [officially maintained package](https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=hexyl):
```bash
sudo apt install hexyl
```
If you use an older version of Ubuntu, you can download
the latest `.deb` package from the release page and install it via:
``` bash
sudo dpkg -i hexyl_0.15.0_amd64.deb # adapt version number and architecture
```
### On Debian
If you run Debian Buster or newer, you can install the [officially maintained Debian package](https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=hexyl):
```bash
sudo apt-get install hexyl
```
If you run an older version of Debian, see above for instructions on how to
manually install `hexyl`.
### On Fedora
If you run Fedora 35 or newer, you can install the [officially maintained Fedora package](https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/rust-hexyl/hexyl):
```bash
sudo dnf install hexyl
```
### On Arch Linux
You can install `hexyl` from [the official package repository](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/hexyl/):
```
pacman -S hexyl
```
### On Void Linux
```
xbps-install hexyl
```
### On Gentoo Linux
Available in [dm9pZCAq overlay](https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/dm9pZCAq)
```
sudo eselect repository enable dm9pZCAq
sudo emerge --sync dm9pZCAq
sudo emerge sys-apps/hexyl::dm9pZCAq
```
### On macOS
Via [Homebrew](https://brew.sh):
```
brew install hexyl
```
...or via [MacPorts](https://www.macports.org):
```
sudo port install hexyl
```
### On FreeBSD
```
pkg install hexyl
```
### On NetBSD
```
pkgin install hexyl
```
### On OpenBSD
```
doas pkg_add hexyl
```
### on Termux
```
pkg install hexyl
```
or
```
apt install hexyl
```
### Via Nix
```
nix-env -i hexyl
```
### Via Guix
```
guix package -i hexyl
```
Or add the `hexyl` package in the list of packages to be installed in your system configuration (e.g., `/etc/config.scm`).
### On other distributions
Check out the [release page](https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl/releases) for binary builds.
### On Windows
Check out the [release page](https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl/releases) for binary builds.
Alternatively, install from source via `cargo`, `snap` or `scoop` (see below).
Make sure that you use a terminal that supports ANSI escape sequences (like ConHost v2 since Windows 10 1703
or Windows Terminal since Windows 10 1903).
### Via cargo
If you have Rust 1.56 or higher, you can install `hexyl` from source via `cargo`:
```
cargo install hexyl
```
Alternatively, you can install `hexyl` directly from the repository by using:
```
git clone https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl
cargo install --path ./hexyl
```
Note: To convert the man page, you will need [Pandoc](https://pandoc.org/).
You can convert from Markdown by using (in the project root):
```
pandoc -s -f markdown -t man -o ./doc/hexyl.1 ./doc/hexyl.1.md
```
### Via snap package
```
sudo snap install hexyl
```
[Get it from the Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/hexyl)
### Via [Scoop](https://scoop.sh)
```
scoop install hexyl
```
### Via [X-CMD](https://x-cmd.com)
```
x env use hexyl
```
## License
Licensed under either of
* Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.