AlferSoft Blog » diff http://www.alfersoft.com.ar/blog Explaining this blog in a few words since 1999 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:36:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How do I compare two binary files on Linux? http://www.alfersoft.com.ar/blog/2010/02/19/how-do-i-compare-two-binary-files-on-linux/ http://www.alfersoft.com.ar/blog/2010/02/19/how-do-i-compare-two-binary-files-on-linux/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:51:00 +0000 fvicente http://www.alfersoft.com.ar/blog/?p=128 a.txt hexdump -C b.bin >b.txt diff a.txt b.txt Image source]]>

The easiest way I found is dumping the binaries into text files using hexdump and then comparing them with your favourite program (diff, Meld, etc.). E.g.:

hexdump -C a.bin >a.txt
hexdump -C b.bin >b.txt
diff a.txt b.txt

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