SYD-HEX(1)

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🎀 SYD-HEX(1) 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to syd-hex — the General Commands Manual entry that's literally just here to hex-encode/decode stuff for you. no cap, it's iconic. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

syd-hex — hex-encode/decode the given file or standard input 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

syd-hex [-hdeflsC] <file|->

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the vibe: give it a file, and it hex-encodes that file and prints the result. slay. ✨

Give it no positional arguments, or "-" as the argument? It hex-encodes standard input and prints. easy peasy. 🫶

Use -d to hex-decode rather than encode. yes queen, it goes both ways. 💖

Use -s together with -d to hex-decode data with newline-delimited chunks. 🎀

Use -C together with -s to warn and continue in case of read or encoding errors. like, it trips but it does NOT fall. 💀

Use -f to force print decoded hex to TTY (insecure). By default, decoded hex output is not written to standard output if it's attached to a TTY. so yeah, that's a thing — keep the "insecure" note in your notes app bestie. 🙈

Use -l <human-size> to exit after size bytes are read. ⭐

Use -l <line-count> together with -s to exit after count lines are read. 🌈

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • -h — display help. ur welcome 🫶
  • -d — hex-decode. 🔓
  • -e — hex-encode (this is the default, so it's giving main character energy). 👑
  • -f, --force-tty — force output to TTY (insecure). ⚠️
  • -l <human-size> — exit after size bytes are read. 📏
  • -l <line-count> — exit after count lines are read in stream mode. 📖
  • -s, --stream — enable stream mode with -d when data is hex-decoded with newline-delimited chunks. 🌊
  • -C, --continue-on-failure — continue in case of read or encoding errors in stream mode. literally resilience. 💪

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

syd(1), syd(2), syd(5), tty(1) — go read the whole fam, iykyk. 💖

syd homepage: https://sydbox.exherbo.org/ — the mothership. 🌐

🌟 AUTHORS 🌟

Maintained by Ali Polatel. Up-to-date sources can be found at https://gitlab.exherbo.org/sydbox/sydbox.git and on Radicle at rad:z38HCnbmcDegA2BMxuPaPRPMdp6wF. Bugs/patches can be submitted to https://gitlab.exherbo.org/groups/sydbox/-/issues. Discuss in #sydbox on Libera Chat or in #sydbox:mailstation.de on Matrix. 🧚

fr fr, this page is dated 2026-09-01 and it comes from the General Commands Manual — so yeah, that's the whole manual section moment. periodt. 💅✨

and that's the whole page bestie, mwah 🍓💜

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