I want to kdiff3 the hexdumped versions of two binary files. At first I was using an amateurish two step process of hexdump, then kdiff3. However, I recently learned about bash process substitution. For some reason it doesn't work for my case, though.
file1 contents this is file1
file2 contents this is file2
Issuing kdiff3 <(hexdump file1) <(hexdump file2) results in kdiff3 saying the files are binary equal which is categorically untrue.
What gives? Are not all programs able to handle this kind of input?
Of course kdiff3 file1 file2 shows the correct result (that they differ) inside kdiff3.
