probe

Show typed interpretations of bytes at a specific offset.

Usage

tiltshift probe <file> <offset> [<len>]

Arguments

Argument	Default	Description
<file>	—	Path to the binary file
<offset>	—	Byte offset (decimal or 0x-prefixed hex)
<len>	8	Number of bytes to read

Output

For the specified byte range, probe reports all plausible typed interpretations grouped by width:

• u8 / i8 — single byte as unsigned and signed integer
• u16le / u16be / i16le / i16be — 16-bit integers, both endians
• u32le / u32be / i32le / i32be / f32le / f32be — 32-bit integers and floats
• u64le / u64be / i64le / i64be / f64le / f64be — 64-bit integers and floats
• ascii / hex — string views of the byte range

Interpretations include notes when the value is semantically interesting (e.g., matches file size, is within file bounds as an offset, is a power of two).

Examples

Inspect the first 8 bytes of a file:

tiltshift probe unknown.bin 0

Read 16 bytes starting at offset 0x40 (decimal or hex both work):

tiltshift probe unknown.bin 0x40 16
tiltshift probe unknown.bin 64 16

Example output

════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
  probe  unknown.bin  @0x0  (8 bytes)
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
  bytes  89 50 4e 47 0d 0a 1a 0a
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  u8              137
  i8              -119
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  u16le           20617
  u16be           35152
  ...
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  ascii           ".PNG...."
  hex             89504e470d0a1a0a
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────