using 'vi text editor' as hex editor

Pranaam to all bhai ji _/\_
 Today we will learn how to use vi text editor as hex editor in linux environment .
 yes we can use vi text editor as hex editor , which is easy to operate as compare to any hex editor

lets start :)

open your binary file in vi editor using command
vi  file_name

i am going to open vlc media player binary file

it will be something like this  :D

:P some random symbols
ok just type
:%!xxd

and it will switch into hex editing mode

dont worry , type  :%!xxd and press enter key
you will see something like this

>:D<
you are in hex editing mode , now edit whatever you want
once you have done with editing
type  esc key and then type
%!xdd -r
press enter key, we will back to text editing mode .

 now, to save changes type

:w

changes will be saved 

this is how you can use vi editor as hex editor :)
Thank you
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