Re: [dev] a suckless hex editor

From: Louis Santillan <lpsantil_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 09:17:23 -0800

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Greg Reagle <greg.reagle_AT_umbc.edu> wrote:
> On 11/13/2015 11:45 AM, Alex Pilon wrote:
>>
>> xxd's provided by vim. As convenient as it is, should a "suckless hex
>> editor" really depend on that? It should be the user's choice or not to
>> install vim, regardless of anybody's feeling's on this list *either* way.
>
>
> Is there another tool that can do a reverse dump?
>
> Command od of sbase is halfway there--it can dump (od -Ax -tx1). If it were
> enhanced to reverse dump, we could use it.
>
> On the other hand, it kind of sucks to reinvent the wheel. Combining
> already existing tools sucks less, and xxd already exists.


tr, bc & awk?

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