grep_bin

grep_bin can search recursively a directory or multiple files for a sequence of bytes or ascii string.

Usage

Searching for a byte sequence in a file

$ grep_bin test.bin fffe

Searching recursively a directory for a byte sequence

$ grep_bin ~/Downloads FFFE

Filtering the filetypes

$ grep_bin ~/Downloads FFfe0000 -f mp3

Search for a ASCII string inside the binary

$ grep_bin test.bin "Hello World"

Search a byte sequence in multiple files

$ grep_bin test1.bin test2.bin fFFe

Help

``` $ grep_bin -h

grepbin 1.0.2 LaBatata101 labatata101@linuxmail.org 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] ...

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

OPTIONS: -f ... Filter the search by the file extensions. Examples of input: jpg, mp3, exe

ARGS: ... The file path Can be a ascii string or a byte sequence. Ascii strings should be passed inside quotes like so "This is a string" All of these byte sequence are valid: f9b4ca, F9B4CA and f9B4Ca ```

Building Manually

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

$ cd grep_bin/

$ cargo build --release

Installing with Cargo

cargo install grep_bin