I tend to use vbindiff, which appears quite similar in function. Thanks for the note about dhex, I'll have to compare. :) -jbevren On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Uffe Jakobsen <uffe@uffe.org> wrote: > > > On 2014-04-25 21:44, Groepaz wrote: > >> On Friday 25 April 2014, you wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 11:16:29PM +0200, silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote: >>> >>>> diff - compare files line by line >>>> >>>> But diff can be used as well. >>>> >>> >>> To compare binary files that are of the same size, I often do something >>> like this: >>> >>> od -Ax -t x1 file1.bin > file1.txt >>> od -Ax -t x1 file2.bin > file2.txt >>> >>> diff -u file1.txt file2.txt >>> >>> Actually, I usually do not construct the file2.txt, but compare it >>> on-the-fly: >>> >>> od -Ax -t x1 file2.bin | diff -u file1.txt - >>> >>> These should work on any Unix. In the past, I used a program called >>> "hexdump" in some GNU/Linux distributions. >>> >> >> vbindiff is a nice tool for this kind of stuff, most distros should have a >> package :) >> >> > dhex (unix curses application) can do visual hex diffs between two files - > and many many more things > > http://www.dettus.net/dhex/ > > /Uffe :-) > > > > > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2014-06-07 03:00:02
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