Hex editor?

posix_memalign · 06-22-2010, 03:12 PM

It is quite astounding, but I'm unable to find a decent hex editor for GNU/Linux -- let alone a really good one.

I don't really care if it is GUI or console based, but it has to work properly, the curses-based ones that I've tried somehow manage to corrupt its own display by merely scrolling through the file being edited.

So, my question is, what is a good hex editor for GNU/Linux? If possible I'd gladly like to know both the name of a console based one and another GUI-based one. What do you guys use?

XavierP · 06-22-2010, 03:15 PM

Which ones have you tried and rejected and why? If we know this we won't suggest ones you have already dismissed.

pr_deltoid · 06-22-2010, 03:16 PM

I've tried GHex and one or two others, but the only name that comes to mind is GHex. For KDE, there's KHexEdit. It seems very nice. I haven't used it, but I glanced at it.
EDIT: I agree with XavierP, that would help.
Here:
http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Editors/Hex/

Elv13 · 06-22-2010, 09:41 PM

Okteta replaced KHexEdit and is much better, bless was also good the last time I used it, but Okteta have much more feature. The only one I am missing from all those are assembly conversion and side by side assembly vs Hex.

H_TeXMeX_H · 06-23-2010, 05:10 AM

I don't see what's wrong with hexedit, works great.

Also try:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/biew
http://freshmeat.net/projects/leeditor
http://freshmeat.net/projects/shed

I've tried all of these and they are quite good.

pr_deltoid · 06-23-2010, 08:18 PM

Yeah, I've seen Okteta but I don't think I've even run it. Using Slackware 13.1 it's replaced by Okteta, also.