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Linux users often work with text files; tools like grep,
awk,
and sed are standard utilities in their toolbox. However, these
tools fall
short when trying to extract or edit data from files in a binary format, analyze
corrupt
media files, or for parsing a binary data format. FOSDEM 2023 in Brussels had a whole binary tools
devroom dedicated to open-source programs that deal with binary data.