[Ilugc] Vim to edit binary file

• From: bala150985@xxxxxxxxx (Balasubramaniam Natarajan)
• Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 14:21:31 +0530

Hi

I found on the net that this is the command I need to be in to edit a
binary file after converting to hex.

:%!xxd


I am confused as to why we use the *%* sign.  I know that if we need to run
shell command we can press ESC + colon + exclamation + <shell command>.

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Regards,
Balasubramaniam Natarajan
www.blog.etutorshop.com

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