hexd prints a human-readable hexdump of the specified files, or standard input if omitted. Its main distinguishing feature is the use of colours to visually indicate which range of values an octet belongs to, aiding in spotting patterns in binary data.
By default, hexd relies on 256-color SGR escape sequences. Most terminal
emulators should support these today, but technically they're only defacto
standard. However, you can override the formatting used with the
HEXD_COLORS environment variable (see manpage), or use the -p option for
plaintext output.
MIT license.
- pixd: like hexd, but visualizes the data fed to it using a 256-colour palette and half-block ("▀") characters.