Im not new to vim, but I realize my huge ignorance when I read that you can edit binary files with vim via xxd.
Wow, amazing. However On my first attempt to use it Im kind of confused and running into some problems. I think probably because I dont quite understand the nuances of working with binary files. I have a file that is a .cab file. It has references to c:\WINNT \system32\spool everywhere. This is find but I need to change the WINNT to Windows. I create a file say called template. I put in two strings \WINNT\ hit enter few times and then enter \Windows\ I open the template and then go into xxd eg :%!xxd . This gives me ... 0000000: 5c57 494e 4e54 5c0d 0a0d 0a0d 0a0d 0a0d \WINNT\......... 0000010: 0a0d 0a0d 0a0d 0a0d 0a5c 5769 6e64 6f77 .........\Window 0000020: 735c 0d0a 0d0a 0d0a 0d0a 200d 0a s\........ .. The reason I have the template file is so that I can cut and paste the hex numbers into my global change strings. Now I open my .cab file that I want to change. Then type :%!xxd Now I paste the numbers from the template, carfully copying only the numbers i want. :1,$s/5c57 494e 4e54 5c/5c 5769 6e64 6f77 735c/g Problem is that this doesn really work. Some strings for example are coming out c:\windows\system3spool\ others C:\Windowssystem32\ I thought that it would ignore the spaces and just change the strings but it only changes some of the strings. It is slavishly looking for the exact string (sure I guess thats what its suppose to do duuu). But how can I get it to be more forgiving. Im thinking I need to write something like.... 1,$s/5c57 494e 4e54 5c/5c?57?69?6e?64?6f?77?73?5c/g Although Im not sure. If you know what I mean. Can anyone tell me how to resolve this problem. Maybe the search string is not quite righ as well. Thanks Regards -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
