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Commandline hexdump with ASCII output?

If I hexdump file.txt then I only get the hex vaules.

Would it be possible to show both hex and ASCII in text mode just like a GUI hex editor?

Solution

  • hexdump -C does what you want.

    # hexdump -C /etc/passwd
00000000  72 6f 6f 74 3a 78 3a 30  3a 30 3a 72 6f 6f 74 3a  |root:x:0:0:root:|
00000010  2f 72 6f 6f 74 3a 2f 62  69 6e 2f 62 61 73 68 0a  |/root:/bin/bash.|
00000020  64 61 65 6d 6f 6e 3a 78  3a 31 3a 31 3a 64 61 65  |daemon:x:1:1:dae|
00000030  6d 6f 6e 3a 2f 75 73 72  2f 73 62 69 6e 3a 2f 62  |mon:/usr/sbin:/b|
00000040  69 6e 2f 73 68 0a 62 69  6e 3a 78 3a 32 3a 32 3a  |in/sh.bin:x:2:2:|
00000050  62 69 6e 3a 2f 62 69 6e  3a 2f 62 69 6e 2f 73 68  |bin:/bin:/bin/sh|
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