NAME

       hexdiff - 'hexadecimal visual diff' for binary files

SYNOPSIS

       hexdiff [-V] [-h|-?] file1 file2

DESCRIPTION

       hexdiff display an horizontally splitted hexadecimal view of the files compared.

       The  right column display the ASCII view of the files.  A status bar on the bottom display
       the filename, its size, and the current offset.  The current view is marked with  '**'  on
       the  left  side  of  the  view.  When moving the cursor into the file, differences will be
       displayed by 'inverting' colors.

OPTIONS

       -V display the program version.
       -h | -?  display the program help.
       -X Help for debugging your ~/.hexdiffrc, or the rc file parser.

KEYBOARD COMMANDS

       x q Exit the program.
       u j U Move cursor up for 1 line, or 4, inside the 2 files.
       d k D Move cursor down for 1 line, or 4, inside the 2 files.
       <space> Move cursor for several lines. (Depends on the display size)
       0 <home> Move cursor at the beginning.
       $ Move cursor to the end of the most little file of both.
       g Move cursor to the offset input.
       H Switch offset display between decimal and hexadecimal. (initial mode is settable)
       i Display fstat for the current file selected.
       I Display fstat for both filess.
       A Open the (currently) experimental AsciiViewer.  Maybe coredump with  no  request.  <tab>
       switch as usual.
       ^O Open a new file into the main view.  Q to cancel, <Enter> to validate, ? for help.
       n Move cursor to next difference between files.
       <tab> Switch the current view.
       ?  Display the pop-up help view about the main commands.

CONFIG FILE

       $HOME/.hexdiffrc

SEE ALSO

       diff (1), cmp (1), /usr/share/doc/hexdiff/examples/hexdiff.rc

BUGS

       If you resize your xterm windows hexdiff may become unstable for a few.
       The end of file display may be broken if files are from differents sizes.

AUTHORS

       Thierry Boudet aka tTh <tboudet@free.fr>

       This   manual   page   was   written   by  Tanguy Herrmann <dolanor@evereska.org>, for the
       Ubuntu GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

WEBSITE

       <http://tboudet.free.fr/hexdiff/>

THANKS

       This software is dedicated to the trollers kamarades from the  HardStory  team  of  CULTe,
       without whom nothing would have been possible. <http://www.culte.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright   ©   2008    Thierry  Boudet  License  GPLv3+:  GNU  GPL  version  3  or  later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO  WARRANTY,
       to the extent permitted by law.