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 strings /full/path/to/your/filename > /your/wanted/path/to/filename.txt

strings /bin/bash > /tmp/text

HANDLE WINAPI CreateFile(   _In_      LPCTSTR lpFileName, 
                            _In_      DWORD dwDesiredAccess,   
                            _In_      DWORD dwShareMode,   
                            _In_opt_  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes,   
                            _In_      DWORD dwCreationDisposition,  
                            _In_      DWORD dwFlagsAndAttributes,  
                            _In_opt_  HANDLE hTemplateFile 
);

13 42 53 52 56 20 45 6C 65 6D 65 6E 74 20 48 65 61 64 65 72 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 41 00 00 00 55 F1 2E 04 A2 3F 32 01 32 38 FB 00 A2 3F 32 01 B7

54 00 00 00  -> 84        
A2 3F 32 01  -> 20070306

$ echo $((0x042ef155))
70185301
$

//Hex Not.    // Little-Endian unsigned int 32
10 00 00 00   // 84       (Ref Number)  
54 00 00 00   // 70185301 (Ref Number)
55 F1 2E 04   // 20070306 (Date)
A2 3F 32 01   // 15144184 (Time)
F8 14 E7 00   // 20070306 (Date)
A2 3F 32 01   // 15491037 (Time)
DD 5F EC 00   // 1
01 00 00 00   // 1

//Hex Not.    // Little-Endian unsigned int 32
10 00 00 00   // 16 ???
54 00 00 00   // 84       (Ref Number)  
55 F1 2E 04   // 70185301 (Ref Number)
A2 3F 32 04   // 20070306 (Date)
F8 14 E7 00   // 15144184 (Time)
A2 3F 32 01   // 20070306 (Date)
DD 5F EC 00   // 15491037 (Time)
01 00 00 00   // 1
01 00 00 00   // 1

#!/bin/bash
# Assuming longword aligned and data ONLY...
# Endian convert...
> /tmp/data
ifs_str="$IFS"
IFS=" "
arraytext=(13 42 53 52 56 20 45 6C 65 6D 65 6E 74 20 48 65 61 64 65 72 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 F1 2E 04 10 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 41 00 00 00 55 F1 2E 04 A2 3F 32 01 32 38 FB 00 A2 3F 32 01 B7)
n=0
while [ $n -lt ${#arraytext[@]} ]
do
	printf "\x${arraytext[$n]}" >> /tmp/data
	n=$((n+1))
done
hexdump -C < /tmp/data
echo "Start of decoding..."
# Assume data starts after 'BSRV Element Header' hard coded for this demo...
n=20
while [ $n -lt ${#arraytext[@]} ]
do
	hex=${arraytext[$((n+3))]}${arraytext[$((n+2))]}${arraytext[$((n+1))]}${arraytext[$n]}
	printf "%u\n" $((0x$hex))
	n=$((n+4))
done
echo "End of decoding..."
IFS="$ifs_str"
exit 0

Last login: Thu Jun 19 21:21:16 on ttys000
AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./endian.sh
00000000  13 42 53 52 56 20 45 6c  65 6d 65 6e 74 20 48 65  |.BSRV Element He|
00000010  61 64 65 72 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 55 f1 2e 04  |ader........U...|
00000020  10 00 00 00 10 00 00 00  41 00 00 00 55 f1 2e 04  |........A...U...|
00000030  a2 3f 32 01 32 38 fb 00  a2 3f 32 01 b7           |.?2.28...?2..|
0000003d
Start of decoding...
0
0
70185301
16
16
65
70185301
20070306
16463922
20070306
183
End of decoding...
AMIGA:barrywalker~> _

cat /path/to/your/tape/data > /dev/dsp