Hex

A minimal command line tool for encoding and decoding hex codes.

This is just a tool I created for myself because I could never remember how to encode or decode arbitrary hex data from the command line. You're welcome to use it too.

Usage

There are two modes, --encode and --decode.

For example, to encode binary data from data.bin into hex in data.txt, run

hex --encode < data.bin > data.txt

To decode hex from data.txt into binary data in data.bin, run

hex --decode < data.txt > data.bin

Note that all data flows through stdin and stdout, so you can easily compose this tool with whatever other programs you like.

Installation

You're on your own here. I built this project using clang and make, so if you have those installed, it-will-probably-just-work. Shouldn't be too hard to build it yourself using other tools, though.

License

This software is provided under the MIT License. Go wild.