HXD

Section: Linux User's Manual (1)
Updated: 2009-07-11
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NAME

hxd - binary -> ascii (hexadecimal) conversion

 

SYNOPSIS

hxd [-hrvV] [-b bytes] [-n bytes] [-o offset] [-s type] [in-file[out-file]]

 

DESCRIPTION

Hxd converts a binary stream into an ascii stream of hexadecimal numbers and characters. The input and output defaults to stdin and stdout, respectively. The output format may be slightly changed by specifying the -b or the -s option, see below.

 

OPTIONS

-h
display some helpful information on stdout and exit successfully
-r
display offsets relative to the offset specified with -o.
-v
increase verbosity level on stderr by one
-V
display version and compilation settings on stdout and exit successfully
-b bytes
output bytes bytes per line (default is 16)
-n bytes
process bytes bytes (default is until EOF)
-o offset
start conversion at offset offset of input
-s type
switch on/off display of type type, which may be a mixture of a (asciis), n (numbers) and o (offsets).

 

RETURN VALUE

On success, 0 is returned. On error, the return value will be >0.

 

ERRORS

1
a program bug has seen the light. If this should happen, please send the command line to the address below.
2
the error is different from those explained above

 

AUTHOR

Steffen Solyga <solyga@absinth.net>

 

SEE ALSO

unhxd(1), hexdump(1), od(1), diskdump(1), xxd(1)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
AUTHOR
SEE ALSO

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