Which tools exists for byte-level inspection of files?

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I have a partially corrupted MS-Word file which I'd like to inspect in the byte-level.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '09 at 08:56

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HexEdit is pretty nice (allows you to edit files too)

answered Jun 03 '09 at 08:56

Philippe Leybaert

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danio · Answer 2 · 2009-06-03T10:48:49.927

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I like the freeware hex editor xvi32 for this kind of task.

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answered Jun 03 '09 at 08:55

danio

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 03 '09 at 08:56

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What you need is a hex editor. Some text editors can run in this mode. I always used PSPadfor this

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cube

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 03 '09 at 08:57

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As always there's emacs, hexl-mode allows you to view and edit hex-files.

answered Jun 03 '09 at 08:57

Nifle

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 03 '09 at 08:55

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I'm sure there are many, but Ultraedit does this.

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unwind

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 03 '09 at 08:55

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If you have Visual Studio installed, you can add the .dat extension to the file and open it in Visual Studio to get a hex/ASCII display.

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 18 '09 at 20:00

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010 Editor is nice for looking at files that follow some template, it'll try to turn the raw data into meaningful labeled values for you.

answered Jun 18 '09 at 20:00

Rob Elliott

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 18 '09 at 20:16

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Take a gander at BeyondCompare for file comparisons; version 3 has comparisons for Word files as well. You'd be surprised at how often you'll use it once you have it.

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Metro Smurf

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Which tools exists for byte-level inspection of files?

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