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rafind2

RAFIND2(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						RAFIND2(1)

NAME

     rafind2 -- Advanced commandline hexadecimal editor

SYNOPSIS

     rafind2 [-zXnrhv] [-b size] [-f from] [-t to] [-[m|s|e] str] [-x hex] file

DESCRIPTION

     rafind2 is a program to find byte patterns into files

     The options are:

     -z 	 Search for zero-terminated strings

     -s str	 Search for a specific string

     -e regex	 Search for a regular expression string matches

     -x hex	 Search for an hexpair string

     -m mask	 Set binary mask to be applied

     -f from	 Specify the source adddress

     -t to	 Specify the target adddress

     -X 	 Display hexdump of search results

     -n 	 Do not stop the search when a read error occurs

     -r 	 Show output in radare commands

     -b size	 Define block size

     -h 	 Show help message

     -v 	 Print version and exit

SEE ALSO

     radare2(1), rahash2(1), rabin2(1), ranal2(1), radiff2(1), rasm2(1), ragg2(1), rarun2(1), rax2(1),

AUTHORS

     pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>, nibble <nibble@develsec.org>

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