Duaine Hechler said the following on 02/28/2013 03:53 PM:
On 02/28/2013 02:35 PM, Anton Aylward wrote:
Duaine Hechler said the following on 02/28/2013 02:32 PM:
AND, I know at least on the mainframe side, you can invoke an option to edit the file in "hex" mode.
RTFM
<quote src="man 1 vi"> -b Binary mode. A few options will be set that makes it possible to edit a binary or executable file. </quote>
BUT, can you be IN the file and SWITCH back and forth ?
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