hexdump Alternatives

hexdump is described as 'The hexdump utility is a filter which displays the specified files, or standard input if no files are specified, in a user-specified format' and is an app in the development category. There are five alternatives to hexdump for Linux, BSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Windows. The best hexdump alternative is hexyl, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like hexdump are heksa, od, huxdemp and hexxy.

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  1. hexyl icon

    hexyl

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    hexyl is a simple hex viewer for the terminal. It uses a colored output to distinguish different categories of bytes (NULL bytes, printable ASCII characters, ASCII whitespace characters, other ASCII characters and non-ASCII).

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Comments about hexyl as an Alternative to hexdump
    Alexandre ZANNI
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    color and border support, much readable

    hexyl icon

    • hexyl is the most popular Linux alternative to hexdump.

    • hexyl is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to hexdump.

    • hexyl is Free and Open Sourcehexdump is also Free and Open Source

  2. heksa

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    CLI hex dumper with colors.

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
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    • heksa is the most popular Windows alternative to hexdump.

    • heksa is Free and Open Sourcehexdump is also Free and Open Source

  4. od

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    od is a command on various operating systems for displaying ("dumping") data in various human-readable output formats. The name is an acronym for "octal dump" since it defaults to printing in the octal data format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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