mdb-hexdump(1)

💖 NAME 💖

mdb-hexdump — a hexdump utility from MDB Tools, aka the girl who turns your mysterious binary blob into readable little numbers 🔢✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mdb-hexdump file [pagenumber]

Two things, bestie: a file, and optionally a pagenumber. That's the whole vibe.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

mdb-hexdump is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools. No cap.

So basically what it does is it makes a hex dump of a binary file — like, for example, an mdb file 👑. That's it. That's the whole job. It's giving "just show me the raw bytes, I'll take it from here" energy and honestly? Respect. 💅

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✨ ENVIRONMENT ✨

The vibes your shell can set before it even runs:

• MDB_JET3_CHARSET — defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. The default is CP1252. Peep iconv(1) for the deets 🎀
• MDBICONV — defines the output charset. The default is UTF-8. Heads up though: mdbtools must have been compiled with iconv for this to work, so if it's acting up, that's why 😭
• MDBOPTS — a colon-separated list of options. Yes, colon-separated. Not comma. Not space. Colon. Write that down 📝
  • debug_like
  • debug_write
  • debug_usage
  • debug_ole
  • debug_row
  • debug_props
  • debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options ⭐
  • no_memo — deprecated; has no effect. She's retired, let her rest 🪦
  • use_index — experimental; requires libmswstr. Experimental!! Do not come for me if it acts a fool 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Your other besties in the MDB Tools group chat, fr fr:

• mdb-array(1)
• mdb-count(1)
• mdb-export(1)
• mdb-header(1)
• mdb-import(1)
• mdb-json(1)
• mdb-parsecsv(1)
• mdb-prop(1)
• mdb-queries(1)
• mdb-schema(1)
• mdb-sql(1)
• mdb-tables(1)
• mdb-ver(1)

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🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

The mdb-hexdump utility was written by Brian Bruns. Iconic behavior, we love to see it 🫶

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that, go hexdump something and slay 💖

This was the mdb-hexdump(1) page from MDBTools 1.0.1, dated 13 July 2026. Periodt. 💅✨