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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: February 25, 2008
- Total Downloads: 179
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From Keith Fenske :HexEdit is a Java 1.4 graphical (GUI) application to edit a file as a stream of hexadecimal digits,where each 8-bit byte is represented by two 4-bit â??nibblesâ?? (the hex digits). No meaning is attached to the digits, and hence to the contents of the file, so this editing is very raw. You can insert, delete, or replace digits or bytes, and you may view an approximate character equivalent of the digits in plain text (7-bit ASCII). The primary purpose of a hex editor is to patch or
correct specific locations within a file without affecting the rest of the file, something that most word processors canâ??t do. A secondary purpose is to view the exact content of files. (To generate a hex dump and save this dump to a file, see the DumpFile application.)
The application window has two portions. The top portion has standard Java buttons and options. The bottom portion has a hexadecimal dump with three regions: file offsets on the left, bytes in hexadecimal in the middle, and ASCII text on the right. The bottom looks like an old
video terminal (quite deliberately), with a color scheme to match. The Java buttons and options are straightforward after some experimentation. Donâ??t worry: no files are changed unless you click on the â??Save Fileâ?? button. In fact, files arenâ??t saved by default, so if you click on the Exit button without saving, any changes will be lost. This may differ from what you expect with word processors or other types of editors.
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Version: Hex File Editor(Java) 1.0
Pros: Although somewhat clumsy to use, it does seem to be functional.
Cons: It needs a "Replace All" feature.
Summary: If you're not afraid of the command line, or know how to create BAT files, this isn't a bad program. I just wish it had a global search and replace all feature. I was looking to replace thousands of occurences of a double spaced lines with single sp... read more >>
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