There is no way to convert binary file to ascii format.These two are basic intrinsic file properties. meaning during creation itself you determine if the file has to be binary or ascii text. Binary file will be usually of some specified format say pdf/executable/word document etc. for converting to text you will have specific tools for specific formats to ascii/text etc.
But if you binary file contains some valid ASCII strings in it, say like error messages you can filter them using strings command.
Hi,
Please can any one tell me how to convert binary data to text format and vice versa.
If possible give me the algorithm or C program.
Thanks in advance
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
strings
strings(1) User Commands strings(1)NAME
strings - find printable strings in an object or binary file
SYNOPSIS
strings [-a | -] [-t format | -o] [-n number | -number] [file...]
DESCRIPTION
The strings utility looks for ASCII strings in a binary file. A string is any sequence of 4 or more printing characters ending with a new-
line or a null character.
strings is useful for identifying random object files and many other things.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-a | - Look everywhere in the file for strings. If this flag is omitted, strings only looks in the initialized data space
of object files.
-n number | -number Use a number as the minimum string length rather than the default, which is 4.
-o Equivalent to -t d option.
-t format Write each string preceded by its byte offset from the start of the file. The format is dependent on the single
character used as the format option-argument:
d The offset will be written in decimal.
o The offset will be written in octal.
x The offset will be written in hexadecimal.
OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
file A path name of a regular file to be used as input. If no file operand is specified, the strings utility will read from the stan-
dard input.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of strings: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE,
LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWtoo |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|CSI |Enabled |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO od(1), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)NOTES
The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primitive.
For backwards compatibility, the options -a and - are interchangeable.
SunOS 5.10 20 Dec 1996 strings(1)
09-06-2005
