[comp.unix.questions] Binary file editor

amc@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Allen M. Cohen) (06/05/91)

Does anybody know where I can get a public domain Binary File Editor.
It should be something like "od" with editing capability via the
arrow keys.
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pvr@wang.com (Peter Reilley) (06/06/91)

amc@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Allen M. Cohen) writes:
>Does anybody know where I can get a public domain Binary File Editor.
>It should be something like "od" with editing capability via the
>arrow keys.

	Try BEAV which I am about to post to alt.sources.   This is a 
emacs like editor specifically for binary files.   You can display
data in; hex, octal, decimal, binary, ascii, ebcdic.   You can insert
data into the middle of a file, edit multiple files, compare files, and
much more.   There is a full manual.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peter Reilley ..... pvr@wang.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
                     Well, that about says it.

Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM (06/07/91)

>>>>> "Allen" == Allen M. Cohen <amc@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM> writes:

Allen> Does anybody know where I can get a public domain Binary File Editor.
Allen> It should be something like "od" with editing capability via the
Allen> arrow keys.

Maybe you could use these packages with GNU Emacs

		   Emacs Lisp Code Apropos -- "hex"


hexl-mode	  89-05-24
     Keith Gabryelski, <ag@cbmvax.commodore.com>
     tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/s-is/misc/hexl-mode.el.Z
     Edit a file in a hex dump format.
hex (1.0)	  89-05-29
     andy@ernie.berkeley.edu, <slcpi!treed, treed@shearson.com>
     tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/misc/hex.Z
     Binary editing mode.

Plus there was another especially binary editor posted to one of the
sources groups today.