Hex Editor

Edit your hex files reliably and in bytes

You're looking for an ed-like hex editing experience which allows you to view and edit the binary file. This is the right place! The edit command infers the file type whether it's the text file, the JSON file, or the binary file. It contains many editing tools described in the below section by invoking these commands.

Unless you know what you're doing with the binary file, editing such file in this way will lead to data corruption or data loss in the targeted file.

Commands

You can consult the below page for the list of hex editor commands.

Commands List

Interactive TUI

In addition to the hex editor being a shell, you can switch to an alternative mode when you're in the shell by executing the tui command. This way, you'll get access to the fully interactive hex editor.

The interactive hex editor works like any other interactive hex editor. However, it's just that it's different in terms of how it operates.

• To exit, press ESC.

• To get a list of available keybindings, press K.

The currently selected byte is highlighted with the green color, depending on your kernel theme. Here are some of the common controls:

Key	Action
F1	Inserts a new byte to the selected byte number.
F2	Removes a selected byte number
F3	Replaces the currently selected byte with another byte value
Shift + F3	Replaces all instances of the currently selected byte with another byte value
F4	Shows you a box about the currently selected byte number information
Left Arrow	Advances one byte backwards
Right Arrow	Advances one byte forwards
Up Arrow	Advances 16 bytes backwards
Down Arrow	Advances 16 bytes forwards
Page Up	Goes to the previous page
Page Down	Goes to the next page
Home	Goes to the beginning of the binary file
End	Goes to the end of the binary file