Brief overview of hex editor shell

The hex editor shell, invoked by hexedit, is one of the shells available in the kernel that provides you basic binary editing functions.

For more information about every command, click the command.

All Hex editor commands

CommandDescription

Adds a new byte.

Adds the new bytes

Clears the file.

Deletes a byte.

Deletes the bytes.

Exits the shell with saving.

Exits the shell without saving.

Prints the current contents.

Queries a byte.

Replaces a word or phrase in the entire file.

Saves changes to a file.

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