Is There A Hex Editor For The Zaurus? Options

[sdjf]

I found four linux hex editors out there, Hexer, Shed, Hexedit, and Bless. Have any of them been ported for the Zaurus? If so, which ROMs and models will they run on?

I checked both http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus and http://www.handheld-linux.com/swi/index.php without any luck.

Here's what I found otherwise.

Bless is the full featured hex editor at freshmeat:

http://freshmeat.net/projects/bless

Shed (Simple Hex Editor) is based at SourceForge:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/shed

Hexedit for the Mac is at sourceforge:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=9366

Hexcurse and Hexedit for Linux are listed at:

http://www.openbsd.org/3.8_packages/arm.html
hexcurse-1.54.tgz - a user-friendly ncurses-based hexeditor
hexedit-1.2.10.tgz - to view and edit files in hexadecimal or ASCII

Hexer in Debian Unstable:

http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/hexer

I am asking because a hex editor for the Z could come in handy for checking compatability of IPKs. I don't know what else I would use one for.

Thanks,
sdjf

[Capn_Fish]

Pick the one you want and I'll do my best to compile it for pdaXrom (2.6.x kernel, though, unless somebody has a link to a 2.4.x cross sdk for pdaX).

[sdjf]

I'm on Sharp ROM, and sticking with it, so maybe we'd better also hear what pdaXrom users want.

I'll try to read up more on them and see which I'd like, though. I didn't expect I'd have a choice.

I know I'd prefer a command line based one, but I'll bet many Z owners would prefer a GUI.

Thanks,
sdjf

[Jon_J]

I don't remember where I got this, but I have it in my Sharp/Cacko "Programs" folder on my desktop PC, where I keep backups of all zaurus related apps, etc.
I think I tried it once, but commandline things go over my head, so I uninstalled it.

Attached File(s)

 hexedit_1.2.12_arm.ipk ( 26.7K ) Number of downloads: 28
 hexedit_doc_1.2.12_arm.ipk ( 11.12K ) Number of downloads: 24

 

[pgas]

emacs knows how to do this.
the editor in mc also has a hex mode
(F3 F4 then F2)

* edit: I don't know why I wrote in french previously

[sdjf]

Thanks, Jon_J. Well, the downloads are still broken, but at least I could get the urls to wget the files properly. I will try working with them when I have more time over the weekend.

pgas, I don't know if emacs is available for my ROM, but I guess that is something else worth considering.

I'm also trying to put together a list of hex editing tools for the Zaurus, so if people know of others and what ROMs they work on, please post!

thanks,
sdjf

[sdjf]

I just found out about the "od" (octal dump) command.

If I could figure out how to use it, I might not even need a hex editor. It is available in the arm utilities package.

Has anyone here used it to examine the first line of an ipk?

sdjf

[Meanie]

I just found out about the "od" (octal dump) command.

If I could figure out how to use it, I might not even need a hex editor.  It is available in the arm utilities package.

Has anyone here used it to examine the first line of an ipk?

sdjf

why not just use this http://zaurus.daemons.gr/menaie/feed/hexedit_1.2.12_arm.ipk

or

head -1 blahblah.ipk

[sleet01]

Depending on how extensive your hex editing needs to be, you might be able to get by with just vim and xxd (see section 23.4 specifically)

[speculatrix]

od despite its name will also do hex dumping

you can also use sed to change data IF it's a unique pattern!

[sdjf]

meanie,

"head -n1 blabla.ipk" never yields any output. "head -n2" does, but it's pretty unintelligible. The output from "less" is a little better, but I wanted to find a better tool with clearer output.

I will try that ipk when I can clear space and time...

sleet01 and speculatrix, I was more just interested in examining and not needing to edit at this point, so I'm trying to figure out "od". It might be all I need, although I am always interested in finding alternate editors, so I still want to try the ipk when I can.
sdjf

[sdjf]

I found really great command reference with clear simple examples of how to use od:

http://www.linuxhotbox.com/adminguide/lnag_learning.html

sdjf