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| From | Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Need Help: Replace Bytes In Binary File |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| References | <pan$def57$d367618d$5365ea3b$700171a@linux.rocks> <vv82pn$29efv$4@dont-email.me> <pan$469e9$5479b7cb$3265e5a7$145bcea7@linux.rocks> |
| Message-Id | <pan$883eb$94630766$6fffee5$582c1c40@linux.rocks> |
| Date | 2025-05-04 21:14 +0000 |
| Organization | UsenetExpress - www.usenetexpress.com |
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. -- Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.
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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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