Using vi as a hex editor
Sometimes I find it useful to switch to hex mode when editing a file in vi. The command for switching is not very obvious so thought I’d share…
So, open a file in vi as usual. To switch into hex mode hit escape and type: :%!xxd
And when your done and want to exit from hex mode hit escape again and type: :%!xxd -r
Okay, so this isn’t actaully switching to vi’s ‘hex mode’; vi doesn’t have one.