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I have binary file that I want to replace with shell script 0xaa,0xbb,0xcc,0xdd with 0x11,0x22,0x33,0x44



I can get 0xaa,0xbb,0xcc,0xdd into shell script like $1 but how can I replace it with 0x11,0x22,0x33,0x44 without sed?



Thanks










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  • You might want to clarify your requirements. For example, sed is a standard part of Ubuntu and, for that matter, all POSIX systems. How is it that you have an Ubuntu system that doesn't have sed? Answering that question might help us understand what tools you do have available.

    – John1024
    Feb 3 at 21:46











  • Perhaps it's a requirement of the script and not that OPs lacks the sed tool!

    – George Udosen
    Feb 3 at 22:29






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    Probably tr is more appropriate than (line-base) sed anyhow - another option would be perl (which has its own tr and may be invoked in "slurp mode")

    – steeldriver
    Feb 3 at 22:37
















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I have binary file that I want to replace with shell script 0xaa,0xbb,0xcc,0xdd with 0x11,0x22,0x33,0x44



I can get 0xaa,0xbb,0xcc,0xdd into shell script like $1 but how can I replace it with 0x11,0x22,0x33,0x44 without sed?



Thanks










share|improve this question























  • You might want to clarify your requirements. For example, sed is a standard part of Ubuntu and, for that matter, all POSIX systems. How is it that you have an Ubuntu system that doesn't have sed? Answering that question might help us understand what tools you do have available.

    – John1024
    Feb 3 at 21:46











  • Perhaps it's a requirement of the script and not that OPs lacks the sed tool!

    – George Udosen
    Feb 3 at 22:29






  • 1





    Probably tr is more appropriate than (line-base) sed anyhow - another option would be perl (which has its own tr and may be invoked in "slurp mode")

    – steeldriver
    Feb 3 at 22:37














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I have binary file that I want to replace with shell script 0xaa,0xbb,0xcc,0xdd with 0x11,0x22,0x33,0x44



I can get 0xaa,0xbb,0xcc,0xdd into shell script like $1 but how can I replace it with 0x11,0x22,0x33,0x44 without sed?



Thanks










share|improve this question














I have binary file that I want to replace with shell script 0xaa,0xbb,0xcc,0xdd with 0x11,0x22,0x33,0x44



I can get 0xaa,0xbb,0xcc,0xdd into shell script like $1 but how can I replace it with 0x11,0x22,0x33,0x44 without sed?



Thanks







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  • You might want to clarify your requirements. For example, sed is a standard part of Ubuntu and, for that matter, all POSIX systems. How is it that you have an Ubuntu system that doesn't have sed? Answering that question might help us understand what tools you do have available.

    – John1024
    Feb 3 at 21:46











  • Perhaps it's a requirement of the script and not that OPs lacks the sed tool!

    – George Udosen
    Feb 3 at 22:29






  • 1





    Probably tr is more appropriate than (line-base) sed anyhow - another option would be perl (which has its own tr and may be invoked in "slurp mode")

    – steeldriver
    Feb 3 at 22:37



















  • You might want to clarify your requirements. For example, sed is a standard part of Ubuntu and, for that matter, all POSIX systems. How is it that you have an Ubuntu system that doesn't have sed? Answering that question might help us understand what tools you do have available.

    – John1024
    Feb 3 at 21:46











  • Perhaps it's a requirement of the script and not that OPs lacks the sed tool!

    – George Udosen
    Feb 3 at 22:29






  • 1





    Probably tr is more appropriate than (line-base) sed anyhow - another option would be perl (which has its own tr and may be invoked in "slurp mode")

    – steeldriver
    Feb 3 at 22:37

















You might want to clarify your requirements. For example, sed is a standard part of Ubuntu and, for that matter, all POSIX systems. How is it that you have an Ubuntu system that doesn't have sed? Answering that question might help us understand what tools you do have available.

– John1024
Feb 3 at 21:46





You might want to clarify your requirements. For example, sed is a standard part of Ubuntu and, for that matter, all POSIX systems. How is it that you have an Ubuntu system that doesn't have sed? Answering that question might help us understand what tools you do have available.

– John1024
Feb 3 at 21:46













Perhaps it's a requirement of the script and not that OPs lacks the sed tool!

– George Udosen
Feb 3 at 22:29





Perhaps it's a requirement of the script and not that OPs lacks the sed tool!

– George Udosen
Feb 3 at 22:29




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1





Probably tr is more appropriate than (line-base) sed anyhow - another option would be perl (which has its own tr and may be invoked in "slurp mode")

– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 22:37





Probably tr is more appropriate than (line-base) sed anyhow - another option would be perl (which has its own tr and may be invoked in "slurp mode")

– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 22:37










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Perhaps bash indexed arrays would help:



#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e

my_hex=(0xaa 0xbb 0xcc 0xdd)
my_new_hex=(0x11 0x22 0x33 0x44)

# exchange values
for i in $(seq 1 "${#my_hex[@]}")
do
my_hex["$i" - 1]=${my_new_hex[$i - 1]}
echo "${my_hex[$i - 1]}"
done





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  • Suggestion for improvement: linuxjournal.com/content/bash-associative-arrays

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    Feb 3 at 22:40












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Perhaps bash indexed arrays would help:



#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e

my_hex=(0xaa 0xbb 0xcc 0xdd)
my_new_hex=(0x11 0x22 0x33 0x44)

# exchange values
for i in $(seq 1 "${#my_hex[@]}")
do
my_hex["$i" - 1]=${my_new_hex[$i - 1]}
echo "${my_hex[$i - 1]}"
done





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  • Suggestion for improvement: linuxjournal.com/content/bash-associative-arrays

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    Feb 3 at 22:40
















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Perhaps bash indexed arrays would help:



#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e

my_hex=(0xaa 0xbb 0xcc 0xdd)
my_new_hex=(0x11 0x22 0x33 0x44)

# exchange values
for i in $(seq 1 "${#my_hex[@]}")
do
my_hex["$i" - 1]=${my_new_hex[$i - 1]}
echo "${my_hex[$i - 1]}"
done





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  • Suggestion for improvement: linuxjournal.com/content/bash-associative-arrays

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    Feb 3 at 22:40














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Perhaps bash indexed arrays would help:



#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e

my_hex=(0xaa 0xbb 0xcc 0xdd)
my_new_hex=(0x11 0x22 0x33 0x44)

# exchange values
for i in $(seq 1 "${#my_hex[@]}")
do
my_hex["$i" - 1]=${my_new_hex[$i - 1]}
echo "${my_hex[$i - 1]}"
done





share|improve this answer















Perhaps bash indexed arrays would help:



#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e

my_hex=(0xaa 0xbb 0xcc 0xdd)
my_new_hex=(0x11 0x22 0x33 0x44)

# exchange values
for i in $(seq 1 "${#my_hex[@]}")
do
my_hex["$i" - 1]=${my_new_hex[$i - 1]}
echo "${my_hex[$i - 1]}"
done






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  • Suggestion for improvement: linuxjournal.com/content/bash-associative-arrays

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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  • Suggestion for improvement: linuxjournal.com/content/bash-associative-arrays

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    Feb 3 at 22:40

















Suggestion for improvement: linuxjournal.com/content/bash-associative-arrays

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Suggestion for improvement: linuxjournal.com/content/bash-associative-arrays

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