1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Here is what I did . . . . I FTP'd several *.pdf files from a web site to a UNIX server, and did not set the transfer mode to BIN, now Adobe thinks that the documents are corrupted. Is there a way to convert the *.pdf files to Binary so that Adobe can open them again. I would just re-download... (2 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all, I have a print control file (dflt) for Oracle which is in binary. As I am going to develope an application in Window environment, I would like to reference the dflt file. But it is in binary format and I cannot access it. Anyone can suggest me how to convert the file into text or... (5 Replies)

3. Programming

i hav tried to convert binary 2D data into text using binreader and writing into text file using streamwriter. i use ReadSingle() function to convert from binary to ascii, although it works good in 1D data but not in more dimensions. the kind of values i get are -1.265369923E+038 and like ... (2 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

im looking for anothr way to convert binary file into text file im using old solaris version (exatcly like xxd -r) thanks (2 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello! Everytime when a specific binaryfile grows (in 4 byte steps) I want to get the newest 2 bytes immediately when they occur. That can be done by tail -f binfile but I need the bytes in hex format. Therefore I use hexdump tail -f binfile | hexdump -xwhat only prints out complete lines of... (6 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I would like to convert a .tr file to a binary file to use for trace purposes. Can anyone provide any insight? (0 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, Iam new to unix scripting and I want a split a string into 4 characters each, leaving the last two characters and convert the splitted values into binary. For example: string='ffd80012ffe20000ffebfffeffea0007fff0ffd70014fff1fff0fff0fff201' this should split as ffd8 0012 ffe2 . .... (5 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello everyone, I have a binary file with a structure unknown. I have found 2 perl scripts that it seems to do the convertion but I get sintactic errors when I run them, may somebody test these 2 scripts please and see if really work? One if from here... (10 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello *nix specialists, Im working for a non profit organisation in Germany to transport DSL over WLAN to people in areas without no DSL. We are using Linksys WRT 54 router with DD-WRT firmware There are at the moment over 180 router running but we have to change some settings next time. So my... (7 Replies)

10. Solaris

I have a huge files in binary format thanks to help me in finding a way to convert these files from Binary format to ASCII format. (0 Replies)