Re: hex editor with diff

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam trinity edu>]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 12:47:48PM +0000, Bill Crawford wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Chuck Moss wrote:
> 
> > Anyone have suggestions for a good hex editor that can do diffs between
> > files?
> 
>  Only thing I can think of here would be to try:
> 
> 	diff <( od -t xC file1 ) <( od -t xC file2 )
> 
> (print out each file as hex, and compare the outputs).  This isn't
> quite what you asked for, but at a pinch would at least give you what
> you seem to want.
> 
> > Chuck
> 
If you just want to know if the files are different and where the
first difference occurs then the command cmp will do it.
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