---
name: "piklab-hex"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "piklab"
version: "0.15.7-1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/piklab-hex"
---

# piklab-hex(1)

Tool to check INHEX-files.

## NAME

piklab-hex - Tool to check INHEX-files.

## SYNOPSIS

**piklab-hex \[options\] \[command\] \[file\].hex**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **piklab-hex command.**

**Piklab-hex** is a command line tool to check files, if they are valid Hex-files which comply with the INHEX-Standard defined by Intel corporation.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-h, --help**

  	Show summary of options.

- **-v, --version**

  	Show version of program.

- **--author**

  	Show author information

- **--license**

  	Show license information

- **-c \[command\]**

  	Option to issue a command.

-

  ## COMMANDS

- **check Check file, if it is a valid intel-hex-file.**

  - **info Return information about hex file.**

  - **fix Clean hex file and fix errors (wrong CRC, truncated line, truncated file).**

  - **compare Compare two hex files.**

  - [**piklab**(1)](/piklab/1.md),

  ## SEE ALSO

[**piklab-prog**(1)](/piklab-prog/1.md), [**piklab-coff**(1)](/piklab-coff/1.md).\

## AUTHORS

piklab was written by Nicolas Hadacek and many others, including:\
     \* Alain Gibaud: author of Pikdev; main infrastructure; IDE interface; direct programmers; gputils integration.\
     \* Keith Baker: direct programmer support for 16F7X devices.\
     \* Xiaofan Chen: numerous tests of PICkit1/2 and ICD2 programmers.\
     \* Craig Franklin: author of gputils (disassembler and coff parser).\
     \* Manwlis Giannos: direct programmer support for PIC18FXX2/FXX8 devices.\
     \* Stephen Landamore: author of LPLAB (microchip command-line programmer).\
     \* Brian C. Lane: original code for direct programming.\
     \* Sébastion Laoût: author of Likeback.\
     \* Nestor A. Marchesini: tests of PicStart+ programmer.\
     \* Lorenz Mösenlechner and Matthias Kranz: USB support for ICD2 programmer.\
     \* Mirko Panciri: direct programmers with bidirectionnal buffers.\
     \* Sean A. Walberg: direct programmer support for 16F676/630 devices.

**Translations:**\
     \* Michele Petrecca: Italian translation.\
     \* Alain Portal: French translation.\
     \* Stefan von Halenbach: German translation.\
     \* Nagy Lázló: Hungarian translation.

## COPYRIGHT

This  is  free  software.   You  may  redistribute  copies  of  it  under  the  terms   of   the   GNU   General   Public   License\
        	\<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html\>.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

This manual page was written by Stefan \<vonHalenbach@users.sf.net\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).