hexy – utility to create hex dumps
‘hexy` is a ruby library that’s easy to use to create hex dumps from within your ruby scripts. It contains a number of options to configure how the hex dumb will end up looking.
It should create a pleasant looking hex dumb by default:
b = Hexy.new "\000\001\003\005\037\012\011bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
puts b.to_s
results in this dump:
0000000: 00 01 03 05 1f 0a 09 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6a .……b cdefghij 0000010: 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7a klmnopqr stuvwxyz 0000020: 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 01234567 89
but it’s also possible to configure:
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Line numbering
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Line width
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Format
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Case of hex decimals
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Presence of the ASCII annotation in the right column.
This mean you can do exciting dumps like:
0000000: 0001 0305 1f0a 0962 .… …b 0000008: 6364 6566 6768 696a cdef ghij 0000010: 6b6c 6d6e 6f70 7172 klmn opqr 0000018: 7374 7576 7778 797a stuv wxyz 0000020: 3031 3233 3435 3637 0123 4567 0000028: 3839 89
or even:
0000000: 00 01 03 05 1f 0a 09 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6a 0000010: 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7a 0000020: 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
with hexy!
Installing
Having a “Installing” section is a bit of a chicken or egg question. Someone reading this README has, in all likelyhood already installed the package.
You can install the +hexy+ package by executing:
gem install hexy -r
If you’d like to fork this or keep track of development, you may want to check out:
http://github.com/a2800276/hexy
In case you discover bugs, spelling errors, offer suggestions for improvements or would like to help out with the project, you can contact me directly ([email protected]).