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 [![](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/hexyl.svg?colorB=22ba4c)](https://crates.io/crates/hexyl)
 ![](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/hexyl.svg?colorB=00aa88)
 
-`hexyl` is a simple hex viewer for the terminal. It uses a colored output to distinguish different categories
+`hexyl` is a 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