---
name: "dhex_markers"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "dhex"
version: "0.69-5"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dhex_markers"
---

# dhex\_markers(5)

marker file for dhex

## NAME

**dhex\_markers** – marker file for dhex

## DESCRIPTION

Bookmarks for  [dhex(1)](/dhex/1.md) are stored in marker files. This manpage describes the format of those marker files.

### EXAMPLE

A typical marker file looks like this:\
 ‘#DHEX MARKERS’\
 ‘#VERSION 0’\
 ‘#lines are all in hex’\
 ‘#relative positions are =, +, -’\
\
 ‘=0000000000000000’\
 ‘=0000000000001000’\
 ‘=0000000000002000’\
 ‘+0000000000001000’\
 ‘+0000000000002000’\
 ‘-0000000000001000’\
 ‘-0000000000002000’\
 ‘=00000005334ffeba’\
 ‘=00000000DEADBEEF’\
 ‘+000000000000BABE’\

## OPTIONS

In the example above, the file has two sections: A comment section, and a bookmark section.

### Comments

Comments are indicated with a '#' character. Everything afterwards in a line is being ignored when parsing the file

### Bookmark section

Bookmarks can be either absolute or relative. Lines with absolute bookmarks are starting with '=', the relative ones with '+' or '-'. The value is a 64 bit hexadecimal one.

There should always be 10 bookmarks per file.

## BUGS

Report bugs to  ⟨dettus@dettus.net⟩. Make sure to include DHEX somewhere in the subject.

## AUTHOR

Written by  Thomas Dettbarn

## SEE ALSO

[dhex(1)](/dhex/1.md), [dhexrc(5)](/dhexrc/5.md), [dhex\_searchlog(5)](/dhex_searchlog/5.md).