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| From | vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Need Help: Replace Bytes In Binary File |
| Date | 2025-05-04 21:39 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <m7q555FhujlU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <pan$def57$d367618d$5365ea3b$700171a@linux.rocks> <vv82pn$29efv$4@dont-email.me> <pan$469e9$5479b7cb$3265e5a7$145bcea7@linux.rocks> <pan$883eb$94630766$6fffee5$582c1c40@linux.rocks> |
On Sun, 04 May 2025 21:14:57 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in <pan$883eb$94630766$6fffee5$582c1c40@linux.rocks>: > On Sun, 04 May 2025 19:23:22 +0000, Farley Flud wrote: > >> On Sun, 4 May 2025 11:57:43 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >> >> >>> This link has some ideas: >>> >>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4783657/write-byte-at-address- hexedit-modify-binary-from-the-command-line >>> >>> >> That does work on my files. >> >> printf '\x49\x4e\x41\x52\x59' | dd of=$1 bs=1 seek=7 count=5 >> conv=notrunc >> >> But the offset has to known beforehand and the replacement bytes have >> to be entered manually. It's just as slow as using search and replace >> with a hex editor. >> >> > For the record, I just discovered another program that is designed to > search/replace on binary files in the manner of sed: > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbe-/ > > I am very surprised that there are not more such utilities. > > Bbe seems to have a bit of a learning curve. For now, I'll stick to > manual editing with Hexditor. Thank you for suggesting bbe. Incidentally: $ apt-cache show bbe [...] Section: universe/editors Origin: Ubuntu [...] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ There are examples in the info documentation. For viewing it, I recommend pinfo(1), which is sort of like lynx(1) for info files. -- -v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti OS: Linux 6.14.5 Release: Mint 22.1 Mem: 258G "A tribble a day keeps the Klingons well fed."
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Need Help: Replace Bytes In Binary File Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-05-04 15:32 +0000
Re: Need Help: Replace Bytes In Binary File Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-05-04 11:57 -0400
Re: Need Help: Replace Bytes In Binary File Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-05-04 19:23 +0000
Re: Need Help: Replace Bytes In Binary File Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-05-04 21:14 +0000
Re: Need Help: Replace Bytes In Binary File vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-05-04 21:39 +0000
Re: Need Help: Replace Bytes In Binary File vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-05-04 21:47 +0000
Re: Need Help: Replace Bytes In Binary File % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-05-04 17:16 -0700
Re: Need Help: Replace Bytes In Binary File Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-05-05 08:14 +0000
Re: Need Help: Replace Bytes In Binary File % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-05-04 17:15 -0700
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