dead-ringer is an interactive terminal utility for comparing two binary files. It displays differing data in hexadecimal and ASCII representations, giving users a compact way to inspect changed bytes and their offsets without opening a graphical hex editor.
Navigation is keyboard driven, while search and selection tools make it possible to move through larger binary comparisons and extract interesting data directly from the terminal.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Displays binary differences using hexadecimal and ASCII representations.
- Uses colour highlighting to distinguish different classes of byte values.
- Provides keyboard navigation with arrow keys and Vim-style movement keys.
- Displays the byte offset corresponding to the current focus position.
- Searches for hexadecimal byte sequences.
- Searches independently for ASCII strings.
- Lets users move forwards and backwards through search matches.
- Allows switching between hexadecimal and ASCII search modes while entering a query.
- Provides a visual selection mode for marking ranges of bytes.
- Copies selected data to the clipboard as hexadecimal text.
- Can alternatively copy the selected bytes as ASCII text.
- Uses the OSC 52 terminal sequence for clipboard transfer without depending on a graphical clipboard application.
- Supports OSC 52 forwarding through suitably configured tmux sessions.
- Displays extra bytes when compared files have different lengths.
- Adapts its display to make effective use of available terminal width.
Website: github.com/ztroop/dead-ringer
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Developer: Zackary Troop
License: MIT License
dead-ringer is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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