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hexyl

CLI

A command-line hex viewer with colored output.

View binary files as colored hex dumps

2 curated recipes · not yet executed by the harness#hex#binary#viewer#rust

Recipes

Curated from documentation and usage. Percentages are estimates, not measurements.

View binary file as hex

~99% est.
hexyl file.bin

View first 256 bytes

~99% est.
hexyl --length 256 file.bin

Install

Homebrewbrew install hexyl
Cargocargo install hexyl

Agent notes

When to use
Inspecting binary files or checking file signatures
Quick examples
  • hexyl file.bin
  • hexyl --length 256 image.png

Use from an agent

curl -s https://clihub.com/api/tools/hexyl | jq '.agentHints.provenRecipes[] | {task, command, verified}'

Or call get_tool with slug hexyl on the MCP server at https://clihub.com/mcp.

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