1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Does any one know how to view a binary file as it is (in 1s and 0s) on unix environment? (1 Reply)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Here's the problem... I'm using a simulator on UNIX, and it requires a filename where bits are stored, it should read them out and do whatever with them at that point.. So what i'm trying to do is make a binary file on UNIX. On my PC i can use MSDEV, or any of my C++ compilers to generate a... (2 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Is there a way to join two or more binary files together without corrupting the data? I've searched the forums, and googled etc. but the only commands that get mentioned are 'cat', which only works for text files and 'join'. According to the man pages join is a 'relational database operator',... (5 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I need a solution on my following find command find ./.. -name '*.file' -print BTW This gives me the output as belows ./rtlsim/test/ADCONV0/infile/ad0_dagctst.file ./rtlsim/test/ADCONV0/user_command.file ./rtlsim/test/ADCONV0/simv.daidir/scsim.db.dir/scsim.db.file... (2 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi i am receiving a file from one system , i have to verify the format of the file data i.e whether the data is in acii format or binary format, please help thanks in advance satya (1 Reply)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All,Is there anyway I can conver the binary file to ascii. I don't know the binary file format. file command just lists this as "data" file and when I view it has a lot of non-printable characters.Can I write any command equivalent to wc -l to find out the number of rows in the file?Can I use... (4 Replies)

7. Programming

#include <stdio.h> /* typedef struct { char name; int number; float balance; } acct_info_t; */ int main() { FILE *fptr; fptr = fopen("acct_info", "r"); int magic = 5; fseek(fptr,3,SEEK_SET); fread(&magic,sizeof(int),1,fptr);... (7 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi Folks, If I open the logs in vi editor but as the logs get update after few seconds and I want to see the latest lines then whats the command to see the latest lines in vi editor itself , lets say I have open a log named abc.log in vi..!! vi abc.log (2 Replies)

9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi I am very happy to joined this group!!! I need your suggestion for get it resolved my issue. I have two class files both class files are same, there is no diff in both two files. Both 2 files were compiled in Linux environment with different type of OS. When i am using diff command,... (13 Replies)

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Hi there! I'm developing a program that allows the user to open and edit files using both an editor and the terminal. Once the user has finished editing the file an update is sent to the logbook that compares the file before and after it was edited - this can only be done if the file is closed (I... (23 Replies)