grep_bin

Search a sequence of bytes in a binary file

Usage

Searching for a byte sequence in a file

$ grep_bin -f test.bin -b fffe

Searching recursively a directory for a byte sequence

$ grep_bin -f ~/Downloads -b FFFE

Filtering the filetypes

$ grep_bin -f ~/Downloads -b FFfe0000 -t mp3

Search for a ASCII string inside the binary

$ grep_bin -f test.bin -s "Hello World"

Help

``` $ grep_bin -h

grepbin 1.0.0 Searches for a sequence of bytes or a ASCII string in a binary file. If a directory is provided grepbin will search every file in the directory recursively.

USAGE: grep_bin [OPTIONS] -b -f ... -s

FLAGS: -h, --help Prints help information -V, --version Prints version information

OPTIONS: -b The sequence of bytes to be searched in the file. Example of valid inputs: f9b4ca, F9B4CA and f9B4Ca are all valid. -f ... The file path -t ... Filter the search by the file extensions. Examples of input: jpg, mp3, exe -s Search for ASCII string inside the file ```

Building Manually

$ git clone https://github.com/LaBatata101/grep_bin

$ cd grep_bin/

$ cargo build --release

Installing with Cargo

cargo install grep_bin