1shed(1)                     General Commands Manual                    shed(1)
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NAME

6       shed (Simple Hex EDitor)
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SYNOPSIS

9       shed [OPTIONS] [FILE]
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DESCRIPTION

12       A simple hex editor with a pico-style interface.
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14       Each  line  of  the  shed display represents one byte of the file. Each
15       lines consists of the offset of that byte from the start of  the  file,
16       the  ascii  value  of  the  byte,  and then the byte's value in various
17       bases. All values are unsigned.
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19       When a command asks you for input, entering  a  zero-length  string  or
20       pressing  ^C will cancel the command.  When searching, entering a zero-
21       length string will use the previous search word, if one exists.
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23       Note that there is no save key. This is because the file is not  loaded
24       into memory, so when you edit it the change is made directly to disk.
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OPTIONS

28       -r / --readonly
29              open FILE read only
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31       -s / --start=OFFSET
32              position cursor to offset
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34       -H / --hex
35              start in hex mode (hex offsets etc.)
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37       -L / --length=LENGTH
38              set  length  of  file  to LENGTH. Useful for special files where
39              shed cannot obtain the length with stat.
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41       -h / --help
42              show help and exit
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44       -v / --version
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KEYS

49       arrow keys
50              move cursor around
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52       pgup / ^Y
53              cursor up 16 pgdown / ^V cursor down 16
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55       home / ^A
56              start of line (ascii column)
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58       end / ^E
59              end of line (binary column)
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61       space / e
62              edit value at cursor. You are asked to enter the  new  value  in
63              the  format  of the current column the cursor is in - eg. if you
64              are in the hex column, it will ask for the new value in hex.
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67              set size of cursor in bytes, in  the  hex/dec/oct  columns  (and
68              binary if in traditional mode).
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70       ` (backtick)
71              toggle  the endianness of multi-byte values (when cursor size is
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74       s / w / ^w / f / F3
75              search. Search string is asked for in the format of the  current
76              cursor column.  In ascii, just enter the string in ascii. In the
77              others, enter the values  seperated by spaces.  eg to search for
78              ABC  from the decimal column you would enter "65 66 67" (without
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84       r / n / F3
85              repeat previous search
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87       t      toggle whether offset numbers and cursor position etc are in dec
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90       b      toggle  binary  mode  column  behaviour (bit edit mode vs tradi‐
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93       d      dump to file.
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95       j      jump to byte. enter a byte number, or 'top'  or  'end'.  Can  be
96              suffixed with K, M or G.
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98       a      change  the  mode  of  the  ascii column (printable only/c-style
99              extended chars/'man ascii' descriptions)
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101       p      toggle 'preview' mode.
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AUTHOR

107       Alex Sisson (alexsisson@gmail.com)
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HOMEPAGE

111       Check for updates at http://shed.sourceforge.net
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115shed-1.15                         24-MAR-2009                          shed(1)