I have been having this for a while now, so I am sharing this out.

C:\>hexv

HexViewer A command line Hex Viewing Utility

(c) Spark (spark@mvps.org), March 2004.

Syntax: hexv <filename> [options]

(Default - Displays 1244872 lines in byte format)

Options:

        -byte           Show content as hex bytes (default)

        -word           Show content as hex words

        -dword          Show content as hex dwords

        @<int>          Displays contents from given offset

        @x<hex>         Displays contents from given hex offset

        -lines:<int>    Displays specified number of lines

        -all            Displays the whole file

Other usage:

        -ascii          Displays the ASCII table

        -help           Show this help

        /?              Show this help

Dedicated to all the frustrating times when I just wanted a

hex dump and had no option

I have written much grander hex viewers and all sorts of other viewers in the past, but this little thing stuck on due to its simplicity.

C:\>hexv mmc.exe

0000:0000│ 4D 5A 90 00 03 00 00 00 │ 04 00 00 00 FF FF 00 00 │ MZÉ▒♥▒▒▒│♦▒▒▒  ▒▒

0000:0010│ B8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │ 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │ ╕▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│@▒▒▒▒▒▒▒

0000:0020│ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒

0000:0030│ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │ 00 00 00 00 08 01 00 00 │ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│▒▒▒▒▒☺▒▒

0000:0040│ 0E 1F BA 0E 00 B4 09 CD │ 21 B8 01 4C CD 21 54 68 │ ♫▼║♫▒┤▒═│!╕☺L═!Th

0000:0050│ 69 73 20 70 72 6F 67 72 │ 61 6D 20 63 61 6E 6E 6F │ is progr│am canno

C:\>hexv mmc.exe -word

0000:0000 5A4D 0090 0003 0000 | 0004 0000 FFFF 0000

0000:0008 00B8 0000 0000 0000 | 0040 0000 0000 0000

0000:0010 0000 0000 0000 0000 | 0000 0000 0000 0000

0000:0018 0000 0000 0000 0000 | 0000 0000 0108 0000

0000:0020 1F0E 0EBA B400 CD09 | B821 4C01 21CD 6854

C:\>hexv mmc.exe -dword

0000:0000 00905A4D 00000003 | 00000004 0000FFFF

0000:0004 000000B8 00000000 | 00000040 00000000

0000:0008 00000000 00000000 | 00000000 00000000

0000:000C 00000000 00000000 | 00000000 00000108

0000:0010 0EBA1F0E CD09B400 | 4C01B821 685421CD

0000:0014 70207369 72676F72 | 63206D61 6F6E6E61

0000:0018 65622074 6E757220 | 206E6920 20534F44

C:\>hexv mmc.exe @x40

0000:0040│ 0E 1F BA 0E 00 B4 09 CD │ 21 B8 01 4C CD 21 54 68 │ ♫▼║♫▒┤▒═│!╕☺L═!Th

0000:0050│ 69 73 20 70 72 6F 67 72 │ 61 6D 20 63 61 6E 6E 6F │ is progr│am canno

0000:0060│ 74 20 62 65 20 72 75 6E │ 20 69 6E 20 44 4F 53 20 │ t be run│ in DOS

0000:0070│ 6D 6F 64 65 2E 0D 0D 0A │ 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │ mode.▒▒▒│$▒▒▒▒▒▒▒

0000:0080│ 05 5E C8 CB 41 3F A6 98 │ 41 3F A6 98 41 3F A6 98 │ ♣^╚╦A?ªÿ│A?ªÿA?ªÿ

Finally something unrelated –

C:\>hexv -ascii

 000 x00 = ( )  │ 001 x01 = (☺) │ 002 x02 = (☻) │ 003 x03 = (♥)

 004 x04 = (♦)  │ 005 x05 = (♣) │ 006 x06 = (♠) │ 007 x07 = bell

 008 x08 = bksp │ 009 x09 = tab │ 010 x0A = LF  │ 011 x0B = (♂)

 012 x0C = (♀)  │ 013 x0D = CR  │ 014 x0E = (♫) │ 015 x0F = (☼)

 016 x10 = (►)  │ 017 x11 = (◄) │ 018 x12 = (↕) │ 019 x13 = (‼)

 020 x14 = (¶)  │ 021 x15 = (§) │ 022 x16 = (▬) │ 023 x17 = (↨)

 024 x18 = (↑)  │ 025 x19 = (↓) │ 026 x1A = (→) │ 027 x1B = (←)

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