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Old 10-09-2009, 03:17 PM   #1
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open and edit file in hex

How to open and edit file in hex mode in linux terminal?
 
Old 10-09-2009, 03:55 PM   #2
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This appears to do the job: http://sourceforge.net/projects/shed/

And, of course there is hexdump to view the files.
 
Old 10-09-2009, 08:52 PM   #3
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What about hexedit.

It might not be installed in your distro, but your package manager should be able to do that for you. (too bad you didn't specify your distro)

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