Re: Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 01/24/2020 03:38 PM, Stefan Pietsch wrote:
> On 2020-01-22 13:12, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > I'm running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop.
> > I'm exploring a data file with the intention of eventually parsing it 
> > in a useful fashion.
> >
> > Just downloaded ghex. I like the display format.
> > Its tools are inconvenient.
> >
> > I need to:
> >   1. Simultaneously display in _both_ HEX and ASCII format
> >   2. Know the current offset in *DECIMAL* format.
> >      {knowing the offset also in HEX might be nice}
> >   3. Goto to an offset - expressed in DECIMAL.
> >   4. Advance a specific number of bytes.
> >   5. Search for an ASCII string.
> >   6. Search for arbitrary sequence of bytes expressed as HEX.
> >
> > Suggested tool(s) in Debian repository?
> > TIA
>
> Did you have a look at radare2?

It had not come up in any of my searches.
Doing a web search tells me its target audience deals with
"object code"(ww?).

My current project is dealing with oddly formatted data. Mostly just 
plain ASCII. Progress on another aspect of my project has made this 
thread moot.

Thanks all.



> It is text-based and I suppose it has all of your requirements. See the 
> user manual here:
> https://radare.gitbooks.io/radare2book/content/first_steps/intro.html