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title: bytes
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  bytes
version: 0.104.0
bytes: |
  Various commands for working with byte data.
usage: |
  Various commands for working with byte data.
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contributors: false
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# `bytes` for [bytes](/commands/categories/bytes.md)

<div class='command-title'>Various commands for working with byte data.</div>

## Signature

```> bytes {flags} ```


## Input/output types:

| input   | output |
| ------- | ------ |
| nothing | string |
## Notes
You must use one of the following subcommands. Using this command as-is will only produce this help message.

## Subcommands:

| name                                                       | description                                                                                | type     |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------- |
| [`bytes add`](/commands/docs/bytes_add.md)                 | Add specified bytes to the input.                                                          | built-in |
| [`bytes at`](/commands/docs/bytes_at.md)                   | Get bytes defined by a range.                                                              | built-in |
| [`bytes build`](/commands/docs/bytes_build.md)             | Create bytes from the arguments.                                                           | built-in |
| [`bytes collect`](/commands/docs/bytes_collect.md)         | Concatenate multiple binary into a single binary, with an optional separator between each. | built-in |
| [`bytes ends-with`](/commands/docs/bytes_ends-with.md)     | Check if bytes ends with a pattern.                                                        | built-in |
| [`bytes index-of`](/commands/docs/bytes_index-of.md)       | Returns start index of first occurrence of pattern in bytes, or -1 if no match.            | built-in |
| [`bytes length`](/commands/docs/bytes_length.md)           | Output the length of any bytes in the pipeline.                                            | built-in |
| [`bytes remove`](/commands/docs/bytes_remove.md)           | Remove bytes.                                                                              | built-in |
| [`bytes replace`](/commands/docs/bytes_replace.md)         | Find and replace binary.                                                                   | built-in |
| [`bytes reverse`](/commands/docs/bytes_reverse.md)         | Reverse the bytes in the pipeline.                                                         | built-in |
| [`bytes split`](/commands/docs/bytes_split.md)             | Split input into multiple items using a separator.                                         | built-in |
| [`bytes starts-with`](/commands/docs/bytes_starts-with.md) | Check if bytes starts with a pattern.                                                      | built-in |