           __         ___ 
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 /' _ `\   \ \ '__`\   \ \ \    / __`\  /'_ `\   
|/\ \/\ \   \ \ \L\ \   \_\ \_ /\ \L\ \/\ \L\ \  
 \ \_\ \_\   \ \_,__/   /\____\\ \____/\ \____ \ 
  \/_/\/_/    \/___/    \/____/ \/___/  \/___L\ \
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vim as hex editor

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31 března, 2016

nax

bash, Linux, vim

By default vim cannot do that for you. But you can use cool tool xxd. Simply use this:

:%!xxd

and instead of saving the file run this:

:%!xxd -r

This info is from this blog:

http://www.kevssite.com/2009/04/21/using-vi-as-a-hex-editor/