using vi text editor as hex editor

using vi text editor as hex editor Pranaam to all bhai ji _/_ Today we will learn how to use vi text editor as hex editor in linux environment . yes we can use vi text editor as hex editor , which is easy to operate as compare to any hex editor lets start :) open your binary file in vi editor using command vi file_name i am going to open vlc media player binary file it will be something like this :D :P some random symbols ok just type :%!xxd and it will switch into hex editing mode dont worry , type :%!xxd and press enter key you will see something like this >:D< you are in hex editing mode , now edit whatever you want once you have done with editing type esc key and then type %!xdd -r press enter key, we will back to text editing mode . now, to save changes type :w changes will be saved this is how you can use vi editor as hex editor :) Thank you Greetz to :- Zero cool ,code breaker ica, Aasim shaikh,Reborn, Raman kumar rana,INX_r0...