On 12 May 2013 15:21, steve <st...@lonetwin.net> wrote: > On Sunday 12 May 2013 02:21 PM, Balasubramaniam Natarajan wrote: > > Hi > > > > I found on the net that this is the command I need to be in to edit a > > binary file after converting to hex. > > > > :%!xxd > > > > > > I am confused as to why we use the *%* sign. I know that if we need to > run > > shell command we can press ESC + colon + exclamation + <shell command>. > > > > % implies the contents of the file you are editing, for example: > Better to think of it as the contents of the edit buffer rather than file [SNIPPED]
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