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CHEXEDIT(1)		    General Commands Manual		   CHEXEDIT(1)

NAME
       chexedit	- Full screen curses Hex editor

SYNOPSIS
       chexedit	[ -8abdfgqrv ] [ filename ]

DESCRIPTION
       Chexedit	is an editor to	edit binary (or	any) files or disks.  The Dis-
       play  consists  of the current offset from 0 (the first byte), the next
       sixteen bytes (aligned by bytes or 32-bit words),  and  it's  ASCII  or
       EBCDIC text representation.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
	      Display help

       -8, --highbit
	      Display 8-bit text

       -a, --alltext
	      Display all text regardless that you know	better

       -b, --buffer
	      Buffer  the entire file into memory.  Faster, and	enables	insert
	      and delete.

       -d, --disk
	      File editing is a	disk.  OpenBSD and Linux only.

       -f, --force
	      Force editing of a disk.	Need this option to enable writing  to
	      disks.

       -q, --quiet
	      Quiet Mode; Turn off all beeping.

       -r, --readonly
	      Do not allow modifying the file

       -v, --version
	      Display version number

Commands and keys
       ^A     Insert byte

       Insert Insert byte

       ^D     Delete byte

       Delete Delete byte

       ^E     viEw as text dump

       ^F     Page down

       ^V     Page down

       Page Down
	      Page down

       ^B     Page Up

       ^Y     Page Up

       Alt-V  Page Up

       Page Up
	      Page Up

       Tab    Switch from hex to text representation

       ^I     Switch from hex to text representation

       ^T     goTo offset

       ^G     Get help

       ^L     Redraw screen

       ^C     Quit without saving

       ^O     Save

       ^X     Save and Quit

       ^W     Search (text/hex)

       ^N     find Next

       ^U     Undo

       ^R     ASCII <=>	EBCDIC

       ^P     Switch Spacings

       ^+     Binary Calculator

Author
       Adam Rogoyski <apoc@laker.net>

See Also
       od (1)

BUGS
       Editing disks is	only supported in Linux	and OpenBSD.

       Please  email  Adam  Rogoyski  <apoc@laker.net> with any	bugs you might
       find.  This man page is intentionally brief.  Please Read the  included
       documentation in	Texinfo	format for additional information

								   CHEXEDIT(1)

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