Finding Binary Data

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You can search for either ASCII strings or hexadecimal bytes. For example, to find “Hello,” you can search for either the string “Hello” or for “48 65 6C 6C 6F” (the hexadecimal equivalent).

To find binary data

1. From the Edit menu, choose Find.
   
   
2. In the Find What box, select a previous search string from the drop-down list, type the data you want to find, or type a regular expression to match a pattern.

   Tip   Click the button to the right of the Find What box to display a list of regular search expressions. When you select an expression from this list, it is substituted as the search text in the Find What box. If you use regular expressions, be sure the Regular Expression check box is selected.

3. Select any of the Find options.
   
   
4. Click Find Next.