Hi all, On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Geoff, > > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 9:16 AM, geoffrey mendelson < > geoffreymendel...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have a DOS program I need to modify. I need to be able to load an DOS >> EXE file, and hopefully using a gui, search for ascii text and 8 byte >> floating point numbers in INTEL format and modify them. Then when I write >> the file it still needs to be be executable. >> >> > If it has a patch mode, where I can compare the patched version to the >> original and get a diff type output, I would really be happy. >> >> I had a great one on my MAC, but I no longer have the MAC and would >> prefer to do it on a Linux system. >> >> TIA for any suggestions. >> > > Hex editors that I like for Linux (in addition to what Roman said) are: > > 1. KDE's Okteta - https://utils.kde.org/projects/okteta/ - nice and seems > feature-rich - be aware of its "replace" vs. "insert/delete" modes. > > 2. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Ghex - GNOME's GHex - easy to use but may > not be too feature-rich. > > 3. Vim/GVim have a utility for binary editing of files called "xxd" - I > don't have any real experience with it. > > In addition to all that, I found this link in a DuckDuckGo search: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5498197/need-a-good-hex-editor-for-linux There are quite a few recommendations there. Regards, — Shlomi Fish -- ------------------------------------------ Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Chuck Norris helps the gods that help themselves. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
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