hex

A simple tool to encode and decode hexadecimal data.

Install

go install github.com/maraino/hex

Usage

No brainer functionality, just three flags and four features.

$ hex --help
Usage: hex [<filename>]
 -c encodes the input as hexadecimal followed by characters
 -d decodes input
 -p encoded using a prettier format aa:bb

Encode

Encodes a file or the standard input to hexadecimal.

$ echo Hello World! >  hello.txt
$ hex hello.txt
48656c6c6f20576f726c64210a

$ echo Hello World! | hex
48656c6c6f20576f726c64210a

Or encode to a prettier format:

$ echo Hello World! | hex -p
48:65:6c:6c:6f:20:57:6f:72:6c:64:21:0a

Decode

Decodes an hexadecimal string:

$ echo 48656c6c6f20576f726c64210a | hex -d
Hello World!

You can also use a file or a different formatting, it will ignore any non-hexadecimal character:

$ echo 48:65:6C:6C:6F:20:57:6F:72:6C:64:21:0A > hello.hex
$ hex -d hello.hex
Hello World!

Hex dump

Returns an hex dump of the given data, like hexdump -C:

$ hex -c hello.txt
00000000  48 65 6c 6c 6f 20 57 6f  72 6c 64 21 0a           |Hello World!.|

Decode and dump

Combines -d and -c to first decode and then dump:

$ echo 48:65:6C:6C:6F:20:57:6F:72:6C:64:21:0A | hex -d -c
00000000  48 65 6c 6c 6f 20 57 6f  72 6c 64 21 0a           |Hello World!.|