hexyl

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "![](doc/logo.svg)\n\n[![CICD](https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl/actions/workflows/CICD.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl/actions/workflows/CICD.yml)\n[![](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/hexyl.svg?colorB=22ba4c)](https://crates.io/crates/hexyl)\n![](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/hexyl.svg?colorB=00aa88)\n\n`hexyl` is a hex viewer for the terminal. It uses a colored output to distinguish different categories\nof bytes (NULL bytes, printable ASCII characters, ASCII whitespace characters, other ASCII characters and non-ASCII).\n\n## Preview\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/MWO9uSL.png)\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/Dp7Wncz.png)\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/ln3TniI.png)\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/f8nm8g6.png)\n\n\n## Installation\n\n### On Ubuntu\n\n*... and other Debian-based Linux distributions.*\n\nIf you run Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) or newer, you can install the [officially maintained package](https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=hexyl):\n```bash\nsudo apt install hexyl\n```\nIf you use an older version of Ubuntu, you can download\nthe latest `.deb` package from the release page and install it via:\n\n``` bash\nsudo dpkg -i hexyl_0.15.0_amd64.deb  # adapt version number and architecture\n```\n\n### On Debian\n\nIf you run Debian Buster or newer, you can install the [officially maintained Debian package](https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names\u0026keywords=hexyl):\n```bash\nsudo apt-get install hexyl\n```\n\nIf you run an older version of Debian, see above for instructions on how to\nmanually install `hexyl`.\n\n### On Fedora\n\nIf you run Fedora 35 or newer, you can install the [officially maintained Fedora package](https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/rust-hexyl/hexyl):\n\n```bash\nsudo dnf install hexyl\n```\n\n### On Arch Linux\n\nYou can install `hexyl` from [the official package repository](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/hexyl/):\n\n```\npacman -S hexyl\n```\n\n### On Void Linux\n\n```\nxbps-install hexyl\n```\n\n### On Gentoo Linux\n\nAvailable in [dm9pZCAq overlay](https://github.com/gentoo-mi",
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