Command Line Options?

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mfonseca
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Command Line Options?

Post by mfonseca »

Hi, I like a lot the HxD editor for its flexibility, and was wondering if there is a list of command line options for invoking it.

I would like to write a batch file that invokes a working environment for an elder user who needs to have HxD open a specific file as Read-Only in order to perform manual searches on it, so I don't want the user to do it by himself, in order to prevent him from accidentally damaging the data file.

Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance,

Miguel
Maël
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Re: Command Line Options?

Post by Maël »

Hi Miguel,

You can open a file by passing it to HxD on the command line:

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HxD.exe <filename>
, where <filename> may have to be enclosed in " if it contains spaces, as usual for any program under Windows.
Except for this option, HxD unfortunately has no command line support.
DVV
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Re: Command Line Options?

Post by DVV »

Does the latest version of HxD include some additional command line switches, if any?
I remember there were several forum's threads about the command line switches/options, but the readme.txt does not seem to mention any.
Maël
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Re: Command Line Options?

Post by Maël »

Nope, there are none, besides the ability to open files.
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