Re: [PLUG] Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

2020-01-22 Thread Roderick Anderson
xxd? Quick example. xxd SQLite-ODBC.txt : 7375 646f 2061 6464 2d61 7074 2d72 6570 sudo add-apt-rep 0010: 6f73 6974 6f72 7920 2d79 2070 7061 3a6c ository -y ppa:l 0020: 696e 7578 676e 6475 2f73 716c 6974 6562 inuxgndu/sqliteb 0030: 726f 7773 6572 0a73 7564 6f20 6170 742d

Re: [PLUG] Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

2020-01-22 Thread wes
On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 5:50 AM 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: >

Re: [PLUG] Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

2020-01-22 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/22/2020 09:56 AM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: I cannot really help you with advice for the exact thing you are asking for: side by side hex and ASCII. That being said, you should note that ASCII is not really used for a long time - as in decade or more. These days, characters/text are encoded

Re: [PLUG] Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

2020-01-22 Thread Tomas Kuchta
I cannot really help you with advice for the exact thing you are asking for: side by side hex and ASCII. That being said, you should note that ASCII is not really used for a long time - as in decade or more. These days, characters/text are encoded mostly in UTF-8 with variable character code

[PLUG] Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

2020-01-22 Thread Richard Owlett
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