Compare bin files

You can compare bin for the same model and different ECU part number. For example I use to compare hayabusa restricted and non restricted maps without problems. Thanks for your response. I followed the steps you outline but when I open fuel or ignition maps I don't see, "so any percentage changes etc are shown vs stock bin file and maps" any percentage changes.

Have I missed a step or am I not interpreting what I am seeing correctly. But, as Mark Ransom said, that would be generally not wise on compressed files; the exception is "synchronizable" compressed formats like that produced by gzip --rsyncable , in which small differences in the uncompressed files should have a limited effect on the compressed file.

Show 4 more comments. Command explanation: -An removes the address column. It is crucial to have one byte per line, or else every line after a deletion would become out of phase and differ. The good side of this method is that od is extremely powerful. In particular, it lets one compare longer-than-a-byte objects, e.

Add a comment. Evgeny Evgeny 1 1 gold badge 8 8 silver badges 11 11 bronze badges. Of course, one may use diff instead of vimdiff. I'd recommend hexdump for dumping binary files to textual format and kdiff3 for diff viewing. BugoK BugoK 1 1 silver badge 4 4 bronze badges. Can you add something to this answer about its properties without "Edit:", "Update:", or similar?

The hexdiff is a program designed to do exactly what you're looking for. Usage: hexdiff file1 file2 It displays the hex and 7-bit ASCII of the two files one above the other, with any differences highlighted. Mick Mick 2 2 silver badges 1 1 bronze badge. But it does a pretty bad job when it comes to the comparing part. If you insert some bytes into a file, it will mark all byte afterwards as changes — Murmel.

Murmel while I agree, isn't that what's being asked here? EvanCarroll true, and hence I left a comment only and did not downvote — Murmel. I also didn't down vote Mick, but I agree with you and answered here superuser. Peter Mortensen John Lawrence Aspden John Lawrence Aspden 2 2 gold badges 12 12 silver badges 21 21 bronze badges.

Vincent Vega Vincent Vega 11 1 1 bronze badge. Welcome to SuperUser! Although this software looks like it could solve the OP's problem, pure advertisement is strongly frowned upon on the Stack Exchange network. If you are affiliated to this software's editor, please disclose this fact.

And try to rewrite your post so that it looks less like a commercial. Eilisha Shiraini. I am not affiliated with dhex in any way. I copied the author's description into the post because there is minimum post length limit — Vincent Vega.

Already mentioned at: superuser. There is already an answer about DHEX. It displays results side by side with colors, and this greatly facilitate analysis. PL : A side-by-side visual diff for binary files. Consult usage subroutine below for help. What's new in version 3. Date Added June 26, Operating Systems. Additional Requirements None. Total Downloads 1, Downloads Last Week 0.

Report Software. Related Software. Manage your hard drive partitions and improve their performance. TeraCopy Free. Transfer, copy, and move files quickly and securely. Total Commander Free to try. Copy, compare, and pack your files, even upload them to FTP. A value of 0 or Auto will cause as many columns as will fit to be shown. Use the values in this drop-down list to choose a display style for the data shown in the comparison. You can view the data in hexadecimal or decimal big or little endian or as floating point values.

Use this drop-down list to choose the size and type of data elements in the compared files. You can choose to format the data as 1, 2, 4 or 8-byte integers, or bit or bit floating point values. The default element size is a byte. Click the Apply button to apply changes to this control. This value determines the amount of work Merge will perform to find a minimal set of changes between the compared files.

Its effect is greater on large files. Smaller values typically result in quicker comparisons at the expense of accuracy; larger values result in slower comparisons with greater accuracy. Although smaller search sizes will never miss a change, they may not give you the optimal set of changes.

As you scroll one file up and down using its scroll bar, the other file is scrolled so that the two files remain aligned in the centre of the display. The centre-point marker a line of small indentations in the centre of the linking-lines panel indicates the point at which Merge tries to keep related parts of the files aligned. You can temporarily prevent Merge from keeping both files aligned by holding down the Ctrl key while scrolling. When you release Ctrl , the files will snap back into alignment.

The small Previous change and Next change buttons below the scroll bars can be used to jump to the previous or next change relative to the centre-point marker. There are thin overview strips within the vertical scroll bars of the left and right panes. These contain markings to indicate the position of changes within the compared files.

You can quickly navigate to a change by holding down the Shift key and clicking on the marks in the strip.