HEVI - A hex viewer

What is hevi?

Hevi is a hex viewer, just like xxd or hexdump.

But it's missing X...

Hevi is under development. But if you think it's missing any feature, please open an issue. I will address it as soon as possible.

Usage

The command should be used as hevi <file> [flags]. The flags are described below.

Flags

Flag(s)	Description
-h/--help	Show a help message
-v/--version	Show version information
--color/--no-color	Enable or disable colored output
--lowercase/--uppercase	Toggle between lowercase and uppercase hex
--size/--no-size	Enable or disable the line showing the size at the end
--offset/--no-offset	Enable or disable showing the offset
--ascii/--no-ascii	Enable or disable ASCII interpretation
--skip-lines/--no-skip-lines	Enable or disable skipping of identical lines
--parser	Specify the parser to use. For a list use hevi --help

Environment variables

The NO_COLOR variable is supported, and disables color (see https://no-color.org/) printing. Note that it can be overwritten by an explicit --color.

Config file

You can create a config file and specify the default values for the flags. It follows the .json syntax. Example:

{
    "color": true,
    "uppercase": true,
    "show_size": false,
    "show_offset": true,
    "show_ascii": false,
    "skip_lines": true,
    "parser": "data",
    "palette": {
        "normal": { "base": "yellow", "dim": false },
        "normal_alt": { "base": "yellow", "dim": true },
        "c1": { "base": "red", "dim": false },
        "c1_alt": { "base": "red", "dim": true },
        "c2": { "base": "green", "dim": false },
        "c2_alt": { "base": "green", "dim": true },
        "c3": { "base": "blue", "dim": false },
        "c3_alt": { "base": "blue", "dim": true },
        "c4": { "base": "magenta", "dim": false },
        "c4_alt": { "base": "magenta", "dim": true },
        "c5": { "base": "cyan", "dim": false },
        "c5_alt": { "base": "cyan", "dim": true }
    }
}

Note: for the palette field you must specify all palettes!

The config file is located at:

OS	Path
Linux, MacOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hevi/config.json or if the env doesn't exist $HOME/.config/hevi/config.json
Windows	%APPDATA%/hevi/config.json
Other	Not supported. No config file will be read

Note: hevi has a precedence for configuration and is:

1. Flags
2. Environment variables
3. Config file
4. Defaults

About

It is written in zig, in an attempt to simplify hex viewers.

Installation

AUR

If you're using Arch Linux, you can install it from the AUR (hevi-bin).

Other platforms

You can download a binary from the releases page. You can also clone the repository and compile it with zig build (using a zig master build).

Contribute

Contributions are welcome! Even if you don't want to write code, you can help a lot creating new issues or testing this software.

License

See LICENSE