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BVI(1) User Commands BVI(1)
NAME
bvi, bview - visual display editor for binary files
VERSION
bvi-1.2.0
SYNOPSIS
bvi [-R] [-c cmd] [-f script] file...
bview [-R] [-c cmd] [-f script] file...
OPTIONS
file...
One or more files. The file argument indicates one or
more files to be edited.
-R "Readonly": The readonly flag is set for all the
files, preventing accidental overwriting with a write
command.
-c cmd
Execute command cmd. Begin editing by executing the
specified editor command (usually a search or
positioning command).
-f script
This command provides a means for collecting a series
of "ex" (colon) commands into a script file, then
using this file to edit other files. Since there is no
binary stream editor "bsed", you can use this option
to make several global changes in a binary file.
DESCRIPTION
Bvi stands for "Binary VIsual editor". Bvi is a display
oriented editor for binary files; its command set is based
on those of the vi(1) texteditor. As a binary editor
cannot have the concept of "lines" there are several
differences to Vi commands (see COMPARISON).
COMPARISON
The main differences between Vi and Bvi are:
The screen is divided in three sections/windows: The byte
offset (at the left side), the hex window (in the middle),
and the ascii window (to the right) which shows the ascii
values of those bytes in the hex window. On an 80 column
terminal you will therefore see sixteen hex values and
their ASCII values on each screen line. Note that the
first byte has the offset '0' (zero).
You can toggle between the hex and ascii windows with the
tabulator key (TAB). Toggling between these two windows
does not change the current position within the file.
No "lines" concept: Files are treated as one long series
of bytes only. These characters "newline" and "carriage
return" thus are not special, ie they do not mark the end
of lines. Therefore the lines on the screen do not
represent lines in the usual way. Data is broken across
screen lines as they happen to fit in. As a consequence
there are no commands in bvi from ex or vi that are based
on line numbers, eg "dd", "yy", 'C', 'S', 'o', 'O'. This
also changes the meaning of "range" before the ":write"
command to a byte offset, ie the command ":100,200w foo"
writes all *bytes* (not lines) from offset 100 to offset
200 to the file "foo".
No "text objects": There are also no text-specific
arrangements like words, paragraphs, sentences, sections
and so on.
Extended "ruler": The bottom line of the screen shows the
current address (byte offset) and the current character in
these notations:
octal, hexadecimal, decimal and ascii.
Search patterns: All search commands understand these
special characters:
. any character
[] set of characters
* zero or more occurrences of previous char or set
But as there is no concept of lines you cannot use the
standard symbols ("anchors") for "begin-of-line" ('^') and
"end-of-line" ('$'). Searching for the start/end of lines
must be done explicitly by adding these special characters
to your search pattern using these meta sequences:
\n newline
\r return
\t tab
\0 binary zero
Additional search commands: Similar to the text search
commands there are additional hex-search functions '\' and
'#' which allow to search for any byte value. Example:
"\62 76 69" will search for the string "bvi". Spaces
between hex value are optional, so searching for
"6775636B6573" will find "guckes".
Changing data (insertion, deletion) moves the data to
other addresses; this is bad for many cases (eg.
databases, program files) and is thus disabled by default.
You can enable this commands by typing
:set memmove
BVI Modes:
Command Mode aka Normal Mode:
Input is treated as commands. Note that command mode is
the default mode after startup and when you escape/quit
from either command line mode or input mode. Use ESC
(escape) to cancel a partial (uncompleted) command.
Input Mode:
Input is treated as replacement of current character or is
appended to the current file. This mode is entered from
command mode by typing either of 'i', 'I', 'A', 'r', or
'R'. You can enter the character itself (in the ASCII
window) or its hexadecimal value (in the HEX window).
Type TAB to switch between these two windows. Type ESC to
cancel current command and return to command mode. Type
CTRL-C to cancel current command abnormally.
Command line mode (aka Last Line Mode):
Reading input for : / ? \ # or !; terminate by typing a
carriage return; an interrupt cancels termination. Type
ESC to cancel current command and return to command mode.
ENVIRONMENT
The editor recognizes the environment variable BVIINIT as
a command (or list of commands) to run when it starts
up. If this variable is undefined, the editor checks for
startup commands in the file ~/.bvirc file, which you
must own. However, if there is a .bvirc owned by you in
the current directory, the editor takes its startup
commands from this file - overriding both the file in your
home directory and the environment variable.
TERMINOLOGY
Characters names are abbreviated as follows:
Abbr. ASCII name aka
CR 010 carriage return
^A 001 control-a
^H 008 control-h
^I 009 control-i aka TAB
^U 021 control-u
^Z 026 control-z
ESC 027 escape aka ESC
DEL 127 delete
LEFT --- left arrow
RIGHT --- right arrow
DOWN --- down arrow
UP --- up arrow
COMMAND SUMMARY
See the TERMINOLOGY for a summary on key name
abbreviations used within the following description of
commands.
Abstract:
Arrow keys move the cursor on the screen within the
current window.
Sample commands:
:version show version info
<- v ^ -> arrow keys move the cursor
h j k l same as arrow keys
u undo previous change
ZZ exit bvi, saving changes
:q! quit, discarding changes
/text search for text
^U ^D scroll up or down
Counts before bvi commands:
Numbers may be typed as a prefix to some commands.
They are interpreted in one of these ways.
screen column |
byte of file G
scroll amount ^D ^U
repeat effect most of the rest
Interrupting, canceling
ESC end insert or incomplete command
DEL (delete or rubout) interrupts
File manipulation:
ZZ if file modified, write and exit;
otherwise, exit
:w write changed buffer to file
:w! write changed buffer to file, overriding
read-only ("forced" write)
:q quit when no changes have been made
:q! quit and discard all changes
:e file edit file
:e! reedit current file, discard all changes
:e # edit the alternate file
:e! # edit the alternate file, discard changes
:w file write current buffer to file
:w! file write current buffer to file overriding
read-only (this "overwrites" the file)
:sh run the command as set with option "shell",
then return
:!cmd run the command cmd from "shell", then
return
:n edit next file in the argument list
:f show current filename, modified flag,
current byte offset, and percentage of
current position within buffer
^G same as :f
Additional edit commands
You can insert/append/change bytes in
ASCII/binary/decimal/ hexadecimal or octal representation.
You can enter several (screen) lines of input. A line with
only a period (.) in it will terminate the command. You
must not type in values greater than a byte value. This
causes an abandom of the command. Pressing the CR key
does not insert a newline - character into the file. If
you use ASCII mode you can use the special characters \n,
\r, \t and \0.
:i aCR insert bytes (ASCII) at cursor position
:a bCR append bytes (Binary) at end of file
:c hCR change bytes (hexadecimal) at cursor position
Bit-level operations
:and n bitwise 'and' operation with value n
:or n bitwise 'or' operation with value n
:xor n bitwise 'xor' operation with value n
:neg two's complement
:not logical negation
:sl i shift each byte i bits to the left
:sr i shift each byte i bits to the right
:rl i rotate each byte i bits to the left
:rr i rotate each byte i bits to the right
Command mode addresses
:w foo write current buffer to a file
named "foo"
:5,10w foo copy byte 5 through 100 into as
file named foo
:.,.+20w foo copy the current byte and the next
20 bytes to foo
:^,'aw foo write all bytes from the beginning
through marker 'a'
:/pat/,$ foo search pattern pat and and copy
through end of file
Positioning within file:
^B backward screen
^F forward screen
^D scroll down half screen
^U scroll up half screen
nG go to the specified character
(end default), where n is a decimal address
/pat next line matching pat
?pat previous line matching pat
\hex jump to next occurrence of hex string hex
#hex jump to previous occurrence of hex string hex
n repeat last search command
N repeat last search command, but in opposite
direction
Adjusting the screen:
^L clear and redraw screen
zCR redraw screen with current line at top of screen
z- redraw screen with current line at bottom of
screen
z. redraw screen with current line at center of
screen
/pat/z- search for pattern pat and then move currents
line to bottom
^E scroll screen down 1 line
^Y scroll screen up 1 line
Marking and returning:
mx mark current position with lower-case letter x
Note: this command works for all lower-case
letters
'x move cursor to mark x in ASCII section
`x move cursor to mark x in HEX section
'' move cursor to previous context in ASCII section
`` move cursor to previous context in HEX section
Line positioning:
H jump to first line on screen ("top")
L jump to last line on screen ("low")
M jump to middle line on screen ("middle")
- jump onto previous line on screen
+ jump onto next line on screen
CR same as +
DOWN or j next line, same column
UP or k previous line, same column
Character positioning:
^ first byte in HEX window
$ end of screen line
l or RIGHT jump onto next byte (within current
screen line)
h or LEFT jump onto previous byte (within current
screen line)
^H same as LEFT
space same as RIGHT
fx find next occurrence of character x
Fx find previous occurrence of character x
n| jump onto nth byte/character within current
line
Strings:
(works similar to the strings(1) command)
Note: "Words" are defined as strings of "nonprinting
characters".
e jump to next end of word
w jump to next begin of word
b jump to previous begin of word
W forward to next string delimited with a
\0 or \n
B back to previous string delimited with a
nonprinting char
Corrections during insert:
^H erase last character (backspace)
erase your erase character, same as ^H (backspace)
ESC ends insertion, back to command mode
Append and replace:
A append at end of file
rx replace current bte with char 'x'
R enter replace mode; for all subsequent input,
the current byte is overwritten with the next
input character; leave replace mode with ESC.
Miscellaneous Operations:
TAB toggle between ASCII and HEX section
Yank and Put:
3ySPACE yank 3 characters
p insert contents of yank buffer
o replace text with content of yank buffer
P put back at end of file
Undo, Redo:
u undo last change
Note: Only the last change can be undone.
Therefore this commands toggles between the
last and second-t-last state of the buffer.
Setting Options:
With the :set command you can set options in bvi
Option Default Description
autowrite noaw Save current file, if modified, if you
give a :n, :r or ! command
columns cm=16 on an 80 character wide terminal
ignorecase noic Ignores letter case in searching
magic nomagic Makes . [ * special in patterns
memmove nomm enables insert and delete commands
offset of=0 adds an offset to the diplayed addresses
readonly noro If set, write fails unless you use ! after command
scroll sc=1/2 window
Number of lines scrolled by ^U and ^D
showmode mo Displays statusline on bottom of the screen
terse noterse Let you obtain shorter error messages
window window=screensize
Lines in window, can be reduced at slow terminals
wordlength wl=4 Length of an ASCII-string found by w, W, b or B
wrapscan ws Searches wrap around past the end of the file
unixstyle nous The representation of ascii characters below
32 is displayed in the statusline as shown
in ascii(7) if unset rather in DOS-style (^A)
AUTHOR
bvi was developed by Gerhard Buergmann, Vienna, Austria
Gerhard.Buergmann@altavista.net
WWW
Bvi Homepage: http://bvi.linuxave.net/
Vi Pages: http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/vi/
(all about Vi and its clones)
FILES
$HOME/.bvirc editor startup file
./.bvirc editor startup file
BUGS
Bvi does not update the screen when the terminal changes
its size.
SEE ALSO
vi(1), strings(1), ascii(5)
31/Oct/99 BVI Version 1.2.0 8