Editing binaries

[a.v.reed]

In article <2965 at ci.sei.cmu.edu>, pdb at sei.cmu.edu (Patrick Barron) writes:
> Or, you could always use my favorite solution - just crank up emacs
> (or whatever your favorite editor is, but not ed or ex/edit/vi, 'cause
> they can't do this), and change it in the binary.

BULLSHIT. I edit binary files with vi all the time. Just read them in with
:r !od -c file
and write them out, after editing, with
:w !rod -c >file
which is a piece of cake. So please don't tell me I can't do something just
because YOU don't know how. Some of us use tools, you know.

					Adam Reed (avr at mtgzz.ATT.COM)