Windows batch equivalent of hexdump -ve '1/1 "%.2x"'

Question

I need to get the hexa value of a file i have.

On linux, this was Simply done with :

hexdump -ve '1/1 "%.2x"' Filename

However, on Windows, i couldn't found a good equivalent for hexdump. I'm using MinGW64, so basically i was looking for a hexdump.exe that i could simply add to my MinGW repo. I did found two of them, but none is the same as the linux one; they're just the same as hexdump -C

So, do you know a good equivalent, or a way to get what i want with others functions? (but no PowerShell function). I got sed and awk if that could help...

Here is an example; if i have this file named TEST:

TEST:

test test test

then i want to have this result:

746573742074657374207465737420

(without any newline)

Questions asking us to recommend or find a book, tool, software library, tutorial or other off-site resource are off-topic for Stack Overflow. [Please edit your question](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/58444993/edit) to bring your question on topic, you could do that if you include your code and explain the specific issue it exhibits. [This possible duplicate](https://stackoverflow.com/q/47750732) may help you put together your code for that. — Compo, Oct 18 '19 at 06:36
@Compo i wasn't sure if it should go in the "software recommandation" part, since i Don't want specifically a software but just anything which could do the same than `hexdump -ve '1/1 "%.2x"'`in Windows. Could also be another function or a bunch of commands. Since `hexdump` is a shell function and most of Windows equivalent to shell functions are asked in stack overflow, i put it in stack overflow. Seems legit to me. As for the "duplicate", wich IS in Stack Overflow (and is NOT a duplicate. asking to write hex values INTO a file, not the hex value OF a file. However, got good tips in it.) — Ablia, Oct 18 '19 at 06:47
Try this: `CertUtil -encodehex infile.txt outfile.hex 12`... — aschipfl, Oct 18 '19 at 08:53
working too. Probably simpler. Many thanks :) however this way i must put the result in a file... — Ablia, Oct 18 '19 at 09:02
That method @aschipfl, as well as an earlier implementation of the now accepted answer were clearly part of dbenham's answer in the duplicate I liked to earlier. The OP told me in their comment, that it was NOT a duplicate, but their acceptance of the similar dbenham code has strangely contradicted that. — Compo, Oct 18 '19 at 15:56

Gerhard · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-18T06:52:56.927

NOTE I take absolutely no credit for this. I am only posting this as reference to future questions.

@Dbenham created a great script for this over at Dostips

usage information can be found by running hexdump /h

example usage: hex_dump.cmd /I TEST.txt /O output /NL /NA /NO

@if (@X)==(@Y) @end /* Harmless hybrid line that begins a JScript comment
:::
:::HEXDUMP [/Option [Value]]...
:::
:::  Writes the content of stdin as hexadecimal to stdout, with 16 bytes per line,
:::  using the following format:
:::
:::    OOOOOOO XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX  XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX   AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
:::
:::  where:
:::
:::    0000000          = the hexadecimal offset within the input
:::    XX               = the hexadecimal value of a byte
:::    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA = the bytes as ASCII (control codes and non-ASCII as .)
:::
:::  Output is encoded as ASCII, with each line terminated by CarriageReturn
:::  LineFeed.
:::
:::  The behavior can be modified by appending any combination of the following
:::  options:
:::
:::    /I InFile  - Input from InFile instead of stdin
:::    /O OutFile - Output to OutFile instead of stdout: - overwrites InFile
:::    /NA - No ASCII
:::    /NO - No Offsets
:::    /R  - Raw hexadecimal on a single line, with no space between bytes
:::    /LF - LineFeed as line terminator instead of CarriageReturn LineFeed
:::    /NL - No Line terminators, all output on one line without line terminator
:::    /U  - Unicode encoded output with BOM (UTF-16)
:::    /V  - Write version info to stdout
:::    /?  - Write this help to stdout
:::
:::HEXDUMP.BAT version 2.1 was written by Dave Benham
:::and is maintained at https://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8816

@echo off
setlocal disableDelayedExpansion
set "tempRoot="

:: Define options
set "/options= /I:"" /LF: /NA: /NL: /NO: /O:"" /R: /U: /V: /?: "

:: Set default option values
for %%O in (%/options%) do for /f "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%A in ("%%O") do set "%%A=%%~B"
set "/?="

:GetOptions
if not "%~1"=="" (
  set "/test=%~1"
  setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
  if "!/test:~0,1!" neq "/" call :exitErr "Invalid argument" 1
  set "/test=!/options:*%~1:=! "
  if "!/test!"=="!/options! " (
      endlocal
      call :exitErr "Invalid option %~1" 1
  ) else if "!/test:~0,1!"==" " (
      endlocal
      set "%~1=1"
  ) else (
      endlocal
      set "%~1=%~2"
      shift /1
  )
  shift /1
  goto :GetOptions
)

if defined /? (
  for /f "delims=: tokens=*" %%A in ('findstr "^:::" "%~f0"') do @echo(%%A
  exit /b 0
)

if defined /V (
  for /f "delims=: tokens=*" %%A in ('findstr /bic:":::HEXDUMP.BAT version" "%~f0"') do echo(%%A
  exit /b 0
)

if "%/O%"=="-" if not defined /I call :exitErr "Cannot write to stdin" 1

set /a "type= 11 - 0%/NA% - 0%/NO%*2"
if %type%==9 set "type=5"
if defined /R set "type=12"
set /a "type|= (0%/LF%*0x80000000 | 0%/NL%*0x40000000)"
if %type% lss 0 cmd /c exit /b %type%
if %type% lss 0 set "type=0x%=exitCode%"

set "unicode="
if defined /U set "unicode=-UnicodeText"

if defined /I set "in=%/I%" & goto :getOutput
call :getTempRoot
set "in=%tempRoot%.stdin"
cscript //nologo //E:JScript "%~f0" "%in%"

:getOutput
if "%/O%" equ "-" set "out=%~1" & goto :go
if defined /O set "out=%/O%" & goto :go
if not defined tempRoot call :getTempRoot
set "out=%tempRoot%.hexdump"

:go
(certutil %unicode% -f -encodehex "%in%" "%out%" %type% || echo ERROR: HexDump failed during CertUtil processing) | findstr "ERROR" >&2 && call :exit 1

if not defined /O (findstr "^" "%out%") else echo Hexdump successfully written to "%out%".
call :exit 0

:getTempRoot
set "tempRoot="
if defined temp for %%T in ("%temp%") do set "tempRoot=%%~fT\"
if not defined tempRoot if defined tmp for %%T in ("%tmp%") do set "tempRoot=%%~fT\"
set "tempRoot=%tempRoot%%~nx0.%time::=_%.%random%"
if exist "%tempRoot%.lock" goto :getTempRoot
2>nul (break >"%tempRoot%.lock") || goto :getTempRoot
exit /b

:exitErr
>&2 echo ERROR: %~1.
shift
:: Fall through to :exit

:exit
if defined tempRoot del "%tempRoot%.*"
(goto) 2>nul & exit /b %1


************* JScript portion - read stdin and write to file defined by arg0 **********/
var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var out = fso.OpenTextFile(WScript.Arguments(0),2,true);
var chr;
while( !WScript.StdIn.AtEndOfStream ) {
  chr=WScript.StdIn.Read(1000000);
  out.Write(chr);
}

an older "pure batch version" is also available here obviously also created by Dave Benham

Windows batch equivalent of hexdump -ve '1/1 "%.2x"'

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