Hex Editor with support for copy paste operations

Today I needed to do some serious editing of a binary file, which prompted me to try a good-old GHex that is already installed on my machine. I have used GHex before, but I have never done anything more serious than changing a few bytes. This time around I needed to copy a whole section of a file. First thing I tried was opening two instances of GHex and copying a screen-full of data between two files. Surprisingly that did not work due to a very limiting bug in GHex.

I then decided to try another Linux hex editor called wxHexEditor. This particular tool has not been getting the attention that it deserves. First of all, it is GNU/GPL and I was able to compile it from source without any issues. Another plus is the ability to handle copy/paste operations with ease. It can also be used as a low-level disk editing tool. For a list of hex editors and their corresponding features please follow this link.