1 Hexedit is a Curses based Hex editor. Unlike a text editor, which
2 is used for editing text documents in the desired language, hexedit
3 lets you edit any file as it's byte(1) for byte representation. It can
4 even let you view and edit your fixed disks on your Linux system. This
5 is not ideal for writing a letter or writing c code, but there are my
6 times when this is ideal:
8 * Editing binary executables.
10 * Editing your fixed disks (i.e. /dev/xyz)
12 * Checking the output of a Program's binary data file.
14 * Any place you might use od(1) but need more power. Compare more
17 WWW: http://www.rogoyski.com/adam/programs/hexedit/