hexyl

A simple hex viewer for the terminal. Uses colored output to distinguish different categories of bytes.

Print the hexadecimal representation of a file

$ hexyl [path/to/file]

Print the hexadecimal representation of the first n bytes of a file

$ hexyl -n [n] [path/to/file]

Print bytes 512 through 1024 of a file

$ hexyl -r [512]:[1024] [path/to/file]

Print 512 bytes starting at the 1024th byte

$ hexyl -r [1024]:+[512] [path/to/file]

hexyl 0.8.0 A command-line hex viewer

hexyl [OPTIONS] [FILE]

-n, --length <N>: Only read N bytes from the input. The N argument can also include a unit with a decimal prefix (kB, MB, ..) or binary prefix (kiB, MiB, ..). Examples: --length=64, --length=4KiB
-c, --bytes <N>: An alias for -n/--length
-s, --skip <N>: Skip the first N bytes of the input. The N argument can also include a unit (see `--length` for details)
--block-size <SIZE>: Sets the size of the `block` unit to SIZE. Examples: --block-size=1024, --block-size=4kB
-v, --no-squeezing: Displays all input data. Otherwise any number of groups of output lines which would be identical to the preceding group of lines, are replaced with a line comprised of a single asterisk.
--color <WHEN>: When to use colors. The auto-mode only displays colors if the output goes to an interactive terminal [default: always] [possible values: always, auto, never]
--border <STYLE>: Whether to draw a border with Unicode characters, ASCII characters, or none at all [default: unicode] [possible values: unicode, ascii, none]
-o, --display-offset <N>: Add N bytes to the displayed file position. The N argument can also include a unit (see `--length` for details)
-h, --help: Prints help information
-V, --version: Prints version information