Hex edit (EBCDIC)

Hex/EBCDIC edit mode works almost identically to hex edit with the exception that it converts EBCDIC data for viewing purposes only and show it as ASCII. The content of the file will not be modified, however the right column that shows the ASCII representation in hex mode will show the data converted to ASCII from EBCDIC.

While in this mode, editing in the ASCII area will allow data to be entered as ASCII and automatically converted to EBCDIC in the file. Editing in the hex area allows data to be entered directly as hex and the ASCII representation (converted from EBCDIC) will be shown in the ASCII area.

Find/Replace in this mode will allow ASCII strings to be used and correctly found/replaced according to the settings in the Find/Replace dialog box. Regular expressions, however, cannot be used in this mode, as the results would be indeterminate.

See also:

• Hex edit
• Hex insert/delete
• Hex copy selected
• Hex find
• Hex replace
• Editor » Hex mode