REQ: Looking for HEX compare & edit utility

[Father Merrin]

Anyone have any thoughts on what they consider to be the best HEX
compare/edit utility?

Thanks
FM

 

[Al Klein]

Anyone have any thoughts on what they consider to be the best HEX
compare/edit utility?

TinyHexer for a hex file editor. Comparing files depends on what
kind of files they are. Diff (or any of its variants) works for
source code, the old DOS comp works on binaries and there are many
good programs for plain text files.

 

[B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson]

Anyone have any thoughts on what they consider to be the best HEX
compare/edit utility?

If you're looking for an integrated solution, then your possible choices
are somewhat limited. Only few free hex editor programs support file
comparison.

A good one for this task is JHEdior:

http://home.arcor.de/mschierlm/sm-soft/jheditor-en.htm

You need a Java Runtime for this one, though. To compare files you
need to open them, first.

One of the best free hex editors is FrHed:

http://www.kibria.de/frhed.html

Load the Beta 1 of v1.1; this one has proofed stable for years.
The browsing through the list of differences after comparison
is an awful one by one approach. (Or you need to copy the list
and go to each difference by hand...)

HTH.
BeAr

 

[Father Merrin]

Looks like I have several programs to choose from, Thanks for the feedback!

FM

 

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TinyHexer for a hex file editor. Comparing files depends on what
kind of files they are. Diff (or any of its variants) works for
source code, the old DOS comp works on binaries and there are many
good programs for plain text files.

Just for completeness, TinyHexer can also visually compare files.

Jörg

 

[B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson]

Just for completeness, TinyHexer can also visually compare files.

Yes. And the visualization method is a very intuitive one, IMHO. The
only thing which always upsets me is the *name* of the program. I'm
completely lost understanding why Markus Stephany calls his program
'Tiny'. Only *very few* hex editors (regardless of their feature
scope or license state) reach the size of the executable of TinyHexer.
(Even compared to the Small Edition...)

BeAr

 

[3c273]

My favorite is here. (Open source)
http://www.kibria.de/frhed.html
Louis