BEAV(1)BEAV(1)NAMEbeav - binary file editor and viewer
SYNOPSISbeav [file...]
DESCRIPTION
This is a brief description of the minimal set of commands that are
necessary to start using beav effectively. For more information,
review the file /usr/local/share/doc/beav/beav.txt.
The file-visit command, Ctl-X Ctl-V, can be used to read a file in for
editing. The file can also be read in from the command line; beav
<edit_file>.
Data is displayed in one or more windows. These commands can be used
to navigate around the windows.
move-back-char Ctl-B moves left
move-back-line Ctl-P moves up
move-forw-char Ctl-F moves right
move-forw-line Ctl-N moves down
window-delete Ctl-X 0 delete window
window-expand Ctl-X 1 expand window
The move-to-byte command, Ctl-X G, will prompt you for a byte position
to move to.
These commands will insert a zero byte at the cursor position or delete
the byte at that position.
insert-unit Ctl-X I
delete-forw-unit Esc D
The file-save command, Ctl-X Ctl-S, will save the data to the file if a
change has been made.
The help command, Esc ?, will display a list of all commands and their
current key bindings.
The abort-cmd command, Ctl-G, will abort any command that is in opera‐
tion.
The quit-no-save command, Ctl-X Ctl-C, will exit beav. If there is any
data that has not been saved you will be warned.
FILES
/usr/local/share/doc/beav/beav.txt
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