Is there a DOS command that will do a hex dump of a file?
Something like Take Command's LIST /X
for people who don't have Take Command?
Something like Take Command's LIST /X
for people who don't have Take Command?
hex dump?
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Don't ask here - it's like asking Rolls Royce if anybody else has a car as nice as theirs!
Not included with Windows. But there's hundreds of free & commercial products out there to do it; just google "Windows hex dump file".
BTW, the (new in v13) VIEW /X option is far superior to LIST /X.
Not included with Windows? The DOS command debug is part of the default Windows install at %windir%\system32\debug.exe and it does primitive hex dumps via the "d" (dump) command. I do not know the command to dump an entire file, but I know that debug is scriptable ("debug <infile >outfile"), though there may be limits on filesize.
Interestingly, the version of debug.exe included with Windows 7 (and every version below that) is exactly the same code and file as the version included with MS-DOS 5.0! See http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/debug/debug.htm#NT
For an external, free command-line hex dump utility, I use xd, available with source code from http://xd.adoxa.cjb.net
Interestingly, the version of debug.exe included with Windows 7 (and every version below that) is exactly the same code and file as the version included with MS-DOS 5.0! See http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/debug/debug.htm#NT
For an external, free command-line hex dump utility, I use xd, available with source code from http://xd.adoxa.cjb.net
If it is indeed a DOS executable, then it won't be included with x64 Windows. 64-bit Windows no longer supports DOS binaries.
A third TCC option: TYPE /X, which can be used in a pipe -- it reads from stdin and writes to stdout.
deleyd, the free TCC/LE available here has the LIST /X command. No Take Command necessary.
I don't have a debug.exe in my Windows 7 Pro...
That may explain it..?