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hexpeek: a hex editor for huge files
Occasionally I need to work with huge binary files. Over the years I've tried many different tools and never found one that was exactly what I wanted. In my experience most hex editors either (1) do not work well with 4GB+ files or (2) require the user to learn a curses interface and are not scriptable.
So I ended up creating a hex editor with some nice features: 1. prompt interface with command history (with libedit) 2. scriptable interface with a flexible command language 3. no glitches on huge files -- no reading until user requests 4. fully functional insert and delete 5. multi-level backup and restore 6. ability to dump generic file descriptors 7. work in hexadecimal and with 64 bit file offsets by default 8. BSD 3-clause license 9. and more...
If interested, please check out the project at https://www.hexpeek.com or send e-mail to hexpeek@hexpeek.com.
hexpeek is known to work on Debian, CentOS, FreeBSD, and Cygwin and is expected to work on any recent POSIX-like system. I look forward to improving hexpeek based on community feedback. Please let me know what features you are looking for in a hex/metadata editor.
About the author: visit https://www.resiliware.com for more about me.
Thanks for reading!
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hexpeek: a hex editor for huge files
Occasionally I need to work with huge binary files. Over the years I've tried many different tools and never found one that was exactly what I wanted. In my experience most hex editors either (1) do not work well with 4GB+ files or (2) require the user to learn a curses interface and are not scriptable.
Hi,
Thanks for the tool, I've created RPMs of it:
http://www.invoca.ch/pub/packages/hexpeek/
Regards, Simon
On 2020-07-10 10:10, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for the tool, I've created RPMs of it:
http://www.invoca.ch/pub/packages/hexpeek/
Regards, Simon
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You're welcome and thank you.
On 7/10/20 4:10 PM, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote:
Thanks for the tool, I've created RPMs of it:
The package generates a symlink /usr/bin/hexedit to /usr/bin/hexpeek, but this is in conflict with the package hexedit which is in base of Centos 7.
Mogens
On 2020-07-12 05:57, Mogens Kjaer wrote:
On 7/10/20 4:10 PM, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote:
Thanks for the tool, I've created RPMs of it:
The package generates a symlink /usr/bin/hexedit to /usr/bin/hexpeek, but this is in conflict with the package hexedit which is in base of Centos 7.
Mogens
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Indeed, this oversight made it into the beta release. It has already been removed from the current version and will not appear in future versions.
On 2020-07-12 05:57, Mogens Kjaer wrote:
On 7/10/20 4:10 PM, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote:
Thanks for the tool, I've created RPMs of it:
The package generates a symlink /usr/bin/hexedit to /usr/bin/hexpeek, but this is in conflict with the package hexedit which is in base of Centos 7.
Mogens
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Indeed, this oversight made it into the beta release. It has already been removed from the current version and will not appear in future versions.
I've upgraded the RPM as well.
BTW: I strongly suggest to change back the assignment of BINDIR in the Makefiles. If 'realpath' doesn't exist on the build host, this is what happens when you run make:
make -C src make[1]: Entering directory `/home/pkgbuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/hexpeek-v0.0.20200712b/src' rm -f /* rm: cannot remove `/bin': Is a directory rm: cannot remove `/boot': Is a directory rm: cannot remove `/cgroup': Is a directory rm: cannot remove `/dev': Is a directory rm: cannot remove `/etc': Is a directory rm: cannot remove `/home': Is a directory rm: cannot remove `/lib': Is a directory ... ...
Regards, Simon
On 2020-07-13 04:04, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote:
On 2020-07-12 05:57, Mogens Kjaer wrote:
On 7/10/20 4:10 PM, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote:
Thanks for the tool, I've created RPMs of it:
The package generates a symlink /usr/bin/hexedit to /usr/bin/hexpeek, but this is in conflict with the package hexedit which is in base of Centos 7.
Mogens
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Indeed, this oversight made it into the beta release. It has already been removed from the current version and will not appear in future versions.
I've upgraded the RPM as well.
BTW: I strongly suggest to change back the assignment of BINDIR in the Makefiles. If 'realpath' doesn't exist on the build host, this is what happens when you run make:
make -C src make[1]: Entering directory `/home/pkgbuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/hexpeek-v0.0.20200712b/src' rm -f /* rm: cannot remove `/bin': Is a directory rm: cannot remove `/boot': Is a directory rm: cannot remove `/cgroup': Is a directory rm: cannot remove `/dev': Is a directory rm: cannot remove `/etc': Is a directory rm: cannot remove `/home': Is a directory rm: cannot remove `/lib': Is a directory ... ...
Regards, Simon
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Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I apologize for any inconvenience. I was under the impression make would terminate if a command failed, but it seems that is not true for variables set via a subshell.
I will remove the dependency on realpath in the Makefiles and scripts, and implement a more robust cross-platform build solution when I get a chance. Again, thank you for testing this within the RPM framework.
On 2020-07-13 15:01, hexpeek@hexpeek.com wrote:
On 2020-07-13 04:04, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote:
BTW: I strongly suggest to change back the assignment of BINDIR in the Makefiles. ...
Regards, Simon
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I apologize for any inconvenience. I was under the impression make would terminate if a command failed, but it seems that is not true for variables set via a subshell.
I will remove the dependency on realpath in the Makefiles and scripts, and implement a more robust cross-platform build solution when I get a chance. Again, thank you for testing this within the RPM framework.
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Simon, I made some adjustments to the Makefiles that should address this issue. I tested on a mostly vanilla CentOS 8.1 system. If you have any other issues, let me know.
On 2020-07-13 15:01, hexpeek@hexpeek.com wrote:
On 2020-07-13 04:04, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote:
BTW: I strongly suggest to change back the assignment of BINDIR in the Makefiles. ...
Regards, Simon
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I apologize for any inconvenience. I was under the impression make would terminate if a command failed, but it seems that is not true for variables set via a subshell.
I will remove the dependency on realpath in the Makefiles and scripts, and implement a more robust cross-platform build solution when I get a chance. Again, thank you for testing this within the RPM framework.
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Simon, I made some adjustments to the Makefiles that should address this issue. I tested on a mostly vanilla CentOS 8.1 system. If you have any other issues, let me know.
Thanks, it's fine now. The problem was showing up on EL6 which lacks realpath.
Simon
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