Looking for a hex and disk editor

pofadda · 10-14-2007, 05:06 PM

I've Googled 'hex editor linux' and 'disk editor linux' and only come up with lde and shed, both rather long in the tooth - or doesn't this matter?

I merely want to look into binary files and (ext3 and reiserfs) boot partitions rather than modify them. So far...

Where should have looked to find these?

Cheers

syg00 · 10-14-2007, 05:13 PM

"od" has been around forever, and should be generally available.
Personally I use "hexdump -C ..." - for a boot sector record try

Code:

dd if=/dev/sda1 count=1 | hd -C | less

add "skip" to walk sectors as necessary. (might need root/sudo)

pofadda · 10-14-2007, 05:46 PM

Thanks, syg00, but I can find no reference to a command 'hd' after my Suse bash prompt said:
hd: command not found

I'm hoping it was only a typo!

Ta,

syg00 · 10-14-2007, 06:26 PM

Check your package manager for hexdump - hd is just and alias.