hex
brew install hex
v0.7.0
MIT
Futuristic take on hexdump
19
30-day installs · #6935
55
90-day · #7054
339
365-day · #6023
567
★ GitHub stars · updated 8mo ago
Build dependencies
GitHub topics
ascii
binary-data
bytes
developer-tools
hex
hexadecimal
hexdump
rust
xxd
Links
- https://github.com/sitkevij/hex
- GitHub: sitkevij/hex
- Brew formula source: Formula/h/hex.rb
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