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Python - How to edit hexadecimal file byte by byte

I want to be able to open up an image file and extra the hexadecimal values byte-by-byte. I have no idea how to do this and googling "python byte editing" and "python byte array" didn't come up with anything, surprisingly. Can someone point me towards the library i need to use, specific methods i can google, or tutorials/guides?

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Tony Stark Avatar asked Aug 24 '09 13:08

Tony Stark


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Python standard library has mmap module, which can be used to do exactly this. Take a look on the documentation for further information.

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af. Avatar answered Oct 28 '22 23:10

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