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Tiny C Projects
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Tiny C Projects

by Dan Gookin
December 2022
Beginner content levelBeginner
384 pages
10h 44m
English
Manning Publications
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9 Hex dumper

I’ve looked with my own eyes and I just can’t see files stored on media. This task was easier in the old days, when you could pop out a floppy disk and see the actual media. The data on the media, however, remains encoded as teensy electronic particles, invisible to the naked eye—or even to an eye with clothes on. No, the only way to peer into a file’s raw contents is to use a utility, something like hexdump.

Yes, hexdump is a Linux utility, available as part of the default installation. It’s quite capable and popular among the nerds. There’s no need to re-create it—unless you want to improve upon it. Or perhaps you want to expand your knowledge of programming and learn a few tricks along the way, such as:

  • Examining storage at ...

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