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 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sharkdp/hexyl.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sharkdp/hexyl)
 
+`hexyl` is a simple hex viewer for the terminal. It uses a colored output to distinguish different categories
+of bytes (NULL bytes, printable ASCII characters, ASCII whitespace characters, other ASCII characters and non-ASCII).
+
 ## Preview
 
 ![](https://i.imgur.com/MWO9uSL.png)