010 Editor is a commercial

hex editor A hex editor (or ''binary file editor'' or ''byte editor'') is a computer program that allows for manipulation of the fundamental binary data that constitutes a computer file. The name 'hex' comes from ' hexadecimal', a standard numerical format f ...

and

text editor A text editor is a type of computer program that edits plain text. Such programs are sometimes known as "notepad" software (e.g. Windows Notepad). Text editors are provided with operating systems and software development packages, and can be us ...

for

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and

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. Typically 010 Editor is used to edit

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, binary files,

hard drives A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magneti ...

, processes, tagged data (e.g.

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), source code (e.g.

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), shell scripts (e.g.

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), log files, etc. A large variety of binary data formats can be edited through the use of Binary Templates. The software uses a tabbed document interface for displaying text and binary files. Full search and replace with regular expressions is supported along with comparisons, histograms,

checksum A checksum is a small-sized block of data derived from another block of digital data for the purpose of detecting errors that may have been introduced during its transmission or storage. By themselves, checksums are often used to verify data ...

/hash algorithms, and column mode editing. Different

character encodings Character encoding is the process of assigning numbers to graphical characters, especially the written characters of human language, allowing them to be stored, transmitted, and transformed using digital computers. The numerical values that ...

including

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, and

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are supported including conversions between encodings. The software is scriptable using a language similar to

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. Originally created in 2003 by Graeme Sweet, 010 Editor was designed to fix problems in large multibeam

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datasets used in ocean visualization. The software was designed around the idea of Binary Templates. A text editor was added in 2008. 010 Editor is available as

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and can be run for free for 30 days. After 30 days a license must be purchased to continue using the software.

Binary Templates

A Binary Template is a text file containing a series of structs similar to

. The main difference between ANSI C is that structs in Binary Templates may contain control statements such as ''if'', ''for'' or ''while''. When 010 Editor executes a Binary Template on a binary data file, each variable defined in the Binary Template is mapped to a set of bytes in the binary file and added to a hierarchical

tree structure A tree structure, tree diagram, or tree model is a way of representing the hierarchical nature of a structure in a graphical form. It is named a "tree structure" because the classic representation resembles a tree, although the chart is gener ...

. The tree structure can then be used to view and edit data in the binary file in an easier fashion than using the raw hex bytes. Binary Templates typically have a '.bt' extension. 010 Editor has an online repository of Binary Templates containing over 80 formats. When a binary file is opened in 010 Editor and a Binary Template exists for the file, the software can automatically download and install the Template. Templates can also be added to the repository or updated directly from the software.

Technology

Data files in 010 Editor are stored as a series of blocks, where each block can either point to a block of data somewhere on disk or in memory. When a large section of data from a binary file is copied to another binary file, a new block pointer is inserted into the file but the actual data is not copied. This scheme allows partial loading of files from disk and is also used to provide unlimited undo and redo. Currently when large text blocks are opened or copied the data is scanned for linefeeds, meaning there may be a delay before editing can resume. 010 Editor uses the Qt library to provide multi-platform support.

Features

* Edit

, hex files, processes, physical and logical drives * Multiple files shown as draggable tabs which can be organized in tab groups * Large file support (50 GB+ for text files, 8

Exabytes The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the smallest addressable unit ...

for hex files) * Find and Replace with various data types and

regular expressions A regular expression (shortened as regex or regexp; sometimes referred to as rational expression) is a sequence of characters that specifies a search pattern in text. Usually such patterns are used by string-searching algorithms for "find" or ...

* Find and Replace across multiples files * Unlimited undo and redo * Column Mode Editing * Supports 30 different

(e.g.

, ANSI,

) plus custom encodings and conversions * ASCII, Unix, Mac and Unicode linefeed support including visualizing whitespace * Comparisons and histograms * Inspector for interpreting bytes as different data types * Scriptable using a language similar to

* Scripts can be shared online and downloaded using an integrated online repository * Syntax highlighters can be created, shared and downloaded through the online repository * Bookmarks can be created using different data types * Edit

NTFS New Technology File System (NTFS) is a proprietary journaling file system developed by Microsoft. Starting with Windows NT 3.1, it is the default file system of the Windows NT family. It superseded File Allocation Table (FAT) as the preferred fil ...

, FAT, exFAT, and HFS drives using templates *

Checksum A checksum is a small-sized block of data derived from another block of digital data for the purpose of detecting errors that may have been introduced during its transmission or storage. By themselves, checksums are often used to verify data ...

/Hash algorithms including CRC-16, CRC-32, Adler32, MD2, MD4, MD5, RIPEMD160, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512, TIGER * Import or export hex data in

Intel Hex Intel hexadecimal object file format, Intel hex format or Intellec Hex is a file format that conveys binary information in ASCII text form. It is commonly used for programming microcontrollers, EPROMs, and other types of programmable logic dev ...

Format, Motorola S-Records, Hex Text, C/C++/Java Code, Base64, Uuencoding, RTF, or HTML * Arithmetic and bitwise operations on hex data * Printing with header, footer and margin control * Integrated debugger for finding problems with Binary Templates and scripts * Portable version for running from USB drives * Dark and light themes

References

External links

* {{Official website, www.sweetscape.com
Introduction to Binary Templates

Binary Templates Repository
Hex editors Windows text editors MacOS text editors Linux text editors Programming tools for Windows Data recovery software

Binary Templates

Technology

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