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imhex — Hex editor for reverse engineers and programmers. More information: <https://docs.werwolv.net/imhex/

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How to use the imhex command: Hex editor for reverse engineers and programmers. More information: <https://docs.werwolv.net/imhex/>.

imhex — Hex editor for reverse engineers and programmers. More information: <https://docs.werwolv.net/imhex/>.

Open a file in ImHex:

imhex {{path/to/file}}

Create a new empty file:

imhex --new

Open a file in the currently running ImHex instance and select a range of bytes (offsets in hexadecimal):

imhex --open {{path/to/file}} --select {{0xstart_offset}} {{0xend_offset}}

Display information about a file:

imhex --file-info {{path/to/file}}

Calculate the hash of a file using a specific algorithm (md5, sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512):

imhex --hash {{algorithm}} {{path/to/file}}

Generate a hex dump of a file:

imhex --hexdump {{path/to/file}}

Display version:

imhex --version

Open a file in ImHex

imhex {{path/to/file}}

Create a new empty file

imhex --new

Open a file in the currently running ImHex instance and select a range of bytes (offsets in hexadecimal)

imhex --open {{path/to/file}} --select {{0xstart_offset}} {{0xend_offset}}

Display information about a file

imhex --file-info {{path/to/file}}

Calculate the hash of a file using a specific algorithm (`md5`, `sha1`, `sha224`, `sha256`, `sha384`, `sha512`)

imhex --hash {{algorithm}} {{path/to/file}}

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