Overview
HexPrint is a command line tool that displays a file's content as an hexadecimal dump.
HexPrint is release under the Boost License. It means you can use it freely with your projects, without giving credits, as long as you only release object code.
Table of contents
Features
HexPrint can be simply invoked by typing it's name, following by the path of the file to dump.
For instance:
For instance:
hexprint /path/to/some/file
The result will look like this:
0000000000: CF FA ED FE 07 00 00 01 03 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 | ................0000000016: 03 00 00 00 A0 01 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ......... ......0000000032: 19 00 00 00 38 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ....8...........0000000048: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................0000000064: E8 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................0000000080: E8 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 | ................0000000096: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5F 5F 74 65 78 74 00 00 | ........__text..0000000112: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5F 5F 54 45 58 54 00 00 | ........__TEXT..0000000128: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................0000000144: FA 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................0000000160: A8 03 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 04 00 80 00 00 00 00 | ................0000000176: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5F 5F 63 73 74 72 69 6E | ........__cstrin0000000192: 67 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5F 5F 54 45 58 54 00 00 | g.......__TEXT..0000000208: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................0000000224: 91 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 | ................0000000240: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................0000000256: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5F 5F 65 68 5F 66 72 61 | ........__eh_fra0000000272: 6D 65 00 00 00 00 00 00 5F 5F 54 45 58 54 00 00 | me......__TEXT..
You'll see the line offset, the hexadecimal data, and the ascii data.
All of this can be configured. For the options, just see below.
All of this can be configured. For the options, just see below.
Usage
Here are the command line parameters that can be passed to HexPrint:
-c [i] | --columns [i]
The number of columns to display for the hexadecimal code (integer value)
The number of columns to display for the hexadecimal code (integer value)
-g [i] | --group [i]
Groups bytes by the given number (integer value)
Groups bytes by the given number (integer value)
-a | --no-ascii
Do not display the ASCII code
Do not display the ASCII code
-n | --no-lines
Do not display the lines numbers
Do not display the lines numbers
-h | --help
Print the help message
Print the help message
-v | --version
Print the version number
Print the version number
-l | --license
Print the license terms
Print the license terms