viewRaw: View the Raw Binary Content of a File
In hexView: Viewing Binary Files

Description Usage Arguments Details Author(s) See Also Examples

Displays the raw bytes of a file like a hex editor, showing offsets within the file, raw bytes in binary or hexadecimal form, and a human-readable representation of the bytes as either ASCII characters, integers, or real values.

1	viewRaw(..., page = FALSE)

`...`	Arguments passed to the function `readRaw`.
`page`	If `TRUE`, the output is sent to the application set up to display text files as per `getOption("pager")`.

This function is only called for its side-effect, which is to display the file.

Paul Murrell

readRaw viewFormat

viewRaw(hexViewFile("rawTest.txt"), width=8)
viewRaw(hexViewFile("rawTest.txt"), machine="binary", width=4)

# UNICODE text
# rawTest.unicode created using Notepad on Windows
viewRaw(hexViewFile("rawTest.unicode"), width=8)

viewRaw(hexViewFile("rawTest.int"), human="int")
viewRaw(hexViewFile("rawTest.real"), human="real", width=8, endian="big")

0  :  74 65 73 74 20 70 61 74  |  test pat
8  :  74 65 72 6e 0a           |  tern.    
 0  :  01110100 01100101 01110011 01110100  |  test
 4  :  00100000 01110000 01100001 01110100  |   pat
 8  :  01110100 01100101 01110010 01101110  |  tern
12  :  00001010                             |  .    
 0  :  ff fe 74 00 65 00 73 00  |  ..t.e.s.
 8  :  74 00 20 00 70 00 61 00  |  t. .p.a.
16  :  74 00 74 00 65 00 72 00  |  t.t.e.r.
24  :  6e 00 0d 00 0a 00        |  n.....   
  0  :  01 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 04 00 00 00  |   1  2  3  4
 16  :  05 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 08 00 00 00  |   5  6  7  8
 32  :  09 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 0b 00 00 00 0c 00 00 00  |   9 10 11 12
 48  :  0d 00 00 00 0e 00 00 00 0f 00 00 00 10 00 00 00  |  13 14 15 16
 64  :  11 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 13 00 00 00 14 00 00 00  |  17 18 19 20
 80  :  15 00 00 00 16 00 00 00 17 00 00 00 18 00 00 00  |  21 22 23 24
 96  :  19 00 00 00 1a 00 00 00 1b 00 00 00 1c 00 00 00  |  25 26 27 28
112  :  1d 00 00 00 1e 00 00 00 1f 00 00 00 20 00 00 00  |  29 30 31 32
128  :  21 00 00 00 22 00 00 00 23 00 00 00 24 00 00 00  |  33 34 35 36
144  :  25 00 00 00 26 00 00 00 27 00 00 00 28 00 00 00  |  37 38 39 40
160  :  29 00 00 00 2a 00 00 00 2b 00 00 00 2c 00 00 00  |  41 42 43 44
176  :  2d 00 00 00 2e 00 00 00 2f 00 00 00 30 00 00 00  |  45 46 47 48
192  :  31 00 00 00 32 00 00 00                          |  49 50       
  0  :  3f 94 7a e1 47 ae 14 7b  |  0.02
  8  :  3f a4 7a e1 47 ae 14 7b  |  0.04
 16  :  3f ae b8 51 eb 85 1e b8  |  0.06
 24  :  3f b4 7a e1 47 ae 14 7b  |  0.08
 32  :  3f b9 99 99 99 99 99 9a  |  0.10
 40  :  3f be b8 51 eb 85 1e b8  |  0.12
 48  :  3f c1 eb 85 1e b8 51 ec  |  0.14
 56  :  3f c4 7a e1 47 ae 14 7b  |  0.16
 64  :  3f c7 0a 3d 70 a3 d7 0a  |  0.18
 72  :  3f c9 99 99 99 99 99 9a  |  0.20
 80  :  3f cc 28 f5 c2 8f 5c 29  |  0.22
 88  :  3f ce b8 51 eb 85 1e b8  |  0.24
 96  :  3f d0 a3 d7 0a 3d 70 a4  |  0.26
104  :  3f d1 eb 85 1e b8 51 ec  |  0.28
112  :  3f d3 33 33 33 33 33 33  |  0.30
120  :  3f d4 7a e1 47 ae 14 7b  |  0.32
128  :  3f d5 c2 8f 5c 28 f5 c3  |  0.34
136  :  3f d7 0a 3d 70 a3 d7 0a  |  0.36
144  :  3f d8 51 eb 85 1e b8 52  |  0.38
152  :  3f d9 99 99 99 99 99 9a  |  0.40
160  :  3f da e1 47 ae 14 7a e1  |  0.42
168  :  3f dc 28 f5 c2 8f 5c 29  |  0.44
176  :  3f dd 70 a3 d7 0a 3d 71  |  0.46
184  :  3f de b8 51 eb 85 1e b8  |  0.48
192  :  3f e0 00 00 00 00 00 00  |  0.50
200  :  3f e0 a3 d7 0a 3d 70 a4  |  0.52
208  :  3f e1 47 ae 14 7a e1 48  |  0.54
216  :  3f e1 eb 85 1e b8 51 ec  |  0.56
224  :  3f e2 8f 5c 28 f5 c2 8f  |  0.58
232  :  3f e3 33 33 33 33 33 33  |  0.60
240  :  3f e3 d7 0a 3d 70 a3 d7  |  0.62
248  :  3f e4 7a e1 47 ae 14 7b  |  0.64
256  :  3f e5 1e b8 51 eb 85 1f  |  0.66
264  :  3f e5 c2 8f 5c 28 f5 c3  |  0.68
272  :  3f e6 66 66 66 66 66 66  |  0.70
280  :  3f e7 0a 3d 70 a3 d7 0a  |  0.72
288  :  3f e7 ae 14 7a e1 47 ae  |  0.74
296  :  3f e8 51 eb 85 1e b8 52  |  0.76
304  :  3f e8 f5 c2 8f 5c 28 f6  |  0.78
312  :  3f e9 99 99 99 99 99 9a  |  0.80
320  :  3f ea 3d 70 a3 d7 0a 3d  |  0.82
328  :  3f ea e1 47 ae 14 7a e1  |  0.84
336  :  3f eb 85 1e b8 51 eb 85  |  0.86
344  :  3f ec 28 f5 c2 8f 5c 29  |  0.88
352  :  3f ec cc cc cc cc cc cd  |  0.90
360  :  3f ed 70 a3 d7 0a 3d 71  |  0.92
368  :  3f ee 14 7a e1 47 ae 14  |  0.94
376  :  3f ee b8 51 eb 85 1e b8  |  0.96
384  :  3f ef 5c 28 f5 c2 8f 5c  |  0.98
392  :  3f f0 00 00 00 00 00 00  |  1.00