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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Converting binary file to text file Post 302965029 by dp0b on Friday 22nd of January 2016 11:10:59 AM
Old 01-22-2016
Converting binary file to text file
Hi,

Im wondering how I can convert a binary file to a text file?
I have ran the following command to output which type of binary file coding it is

Code:
od -t x1 -c eHat.data0 | head -20

and that gives me the following output;
Code:
0000000 5c 00 00 00 cd 06 f2 41 00 00 00 c6 00 00 00 c6 \ \0 \0 \0 315 006 362 A \0 \0 \0 306 \0 \0 \0 306
0000020 42 8f 95 c0 19 d5 5a c2 8e 99 1f c1 91 03 94 41 B 217 225 300 031 325 Z 302 216 231 037 301 221 003 224 A
0000040 f7 7e cd 40 c4 cc d2 be 00 00 00 c6 00 00 00 c6 367 ~ 315 @ 304 314 322 276 \0 \0 \0 306 \0 \0 \0 306
0000060 00 00 00 c6 6c d9 91 3e b6 9c 2c 3e 5b 98 63 3e \0 \0 \0 306 l 331 221 > 266 234 , > [ 230 c >
0000100 84 61 c1 3e 29 ec 6d 3e 10 9e 4d 44 00 00 00 c6 204 a 301 > ) 354 m > 020 236 M D \0 \0 \0 306
0000120 00 00 00 c6 e2 c3 79 44 c2 50 b6 43 bd ab 9a 40 \0 \0 \0 306 342 303 y D 302 P 266 C 275 253 232 @
0000140 5c 00 00 00 5c 00 00 00 00 00 00 c6 00 00 00 c6 \ \0 \0 \0 \ \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 306 \0 \0 \0 306
0000160 00 00 00 c6 00 00 00 c6 00 00 00 c6 00 00 00 c6 \0 \0 \0 306 \0 \0 \0 306 \0 \0 \0 306 \0 \0 \0 306
*
0000300 00 00 00 c6 5c 00 00 00 5c 00 00 00 00 00 00 c6 \0 \0 \0 306 \ \0 \0 \0 \ \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 306
0000320 00 00 00 c6 00 00 00 c6 83 08 a8 c2 82 d2 25 c3

Is there a way I can convert this to a text file?
Many thanks!

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment edit by bakunin: please use CODE-tags not only for code but also for terminal output and file contents. Thank you.
Last edited by bakunin; 01-22-2016 at 06:57 PM..
 

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iconv_8859-1

iconv_8859-1(5) 					Standards, Environments, and Macros					   iconv_8859-1(5)

NAME

       iconv_8859-1 - code set conversion tables for ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1)

DESCRIPTION

       The following code set conversions are supported:

       +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
       |		  Code Set Conversions Supported		    |
       +--------------+--------+--------------+--------+--------------------+
       |    Code      |Symbol  |Target Code   |Symbol  |   Target Output    |
       +--------------+--------+--------------+--------+--------------------+
       |ISO 8859-1    |8859    |ISO 646       |646     | 7 bit ASCII	    |
       +--------------+--------+--------------+--------+--------------------+
       |ISO 8859-1    |8859    |ISO 646de     |646de   | German 	    |
       +--------------+--------+--------------+--------+--------------------+
       |ISO 8859-1    |8859    |ISO 646da     |646da   | Danish 	    |
       +--------------+--------+--------------+--------+--------------------+
       |ISO 8859-1    |8859    |ISO 646en     |646en   | English ASCII	    |
       +--------------+--------+--------------+--------+--------------------+
       |ISO 8859-1    |8859    |ISO 646es     |646es   | Spanish	    |
       +--------------+--------+--------------+--------+--------------------+
       |ISO 8859-1    |8859    |ISO 646fr     |646fr   | French 	    |
       +--------------+--------+--------------+--------+--------------------+
       |ISO 8859-1    |8859    |ISO 646it     |646it   | Italian	    |
       +--------------+--------+--------------+--------+--------------------+
       |ISO 8859-1    |8859    |ISO 646sv     |646sv   | Swedish	    |
       +--------------+--------+--------------+--------+--------------------+

CONVERSIONS

       The conversions are performed according to the following tables. All values in the tables are given in octal.

   ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646 (7-bit ASCII)
       For the conversion of ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646, all characters not in the following table are mapped unchanged.

       Converted to Underscore '_' (137)
       ---------------------------------
       200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207
       210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217
       220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227
       230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237
       240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247
       250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257
       260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267
       270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277
       300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307
       310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317
       320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327
       330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337
       340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347
       350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357
       360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367
       370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377

   ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646de (GERMAN)
       For the conversion of ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646de, all characters not in the following tables are mapped unchanged.

       +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
       |	       |     Conversions|Performed	 |		 |
       |  ISO 8859-1   |   ISO 646de	|  ISO 8859-1	 |  ISO 646de	 |
       |247	       | 100		|337		 |176		 |
       |304	       | 133		|344		 |173		 |
       |326	       | 134		|366		 |174		 |
       |334	       | 135		|374		 |175		 |
       +---------------+----------------+----------------+---------------+

       Converted to Underscore '_' (137)
       ---------------------------------
       100 133 134 135 173 174 175 176
       200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207
       210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217
       220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227
       230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237
       240 241 242 243 244 245 246
       250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257
       260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267
       270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277
       300 301 302 303	   305 306 307
       310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317
       320 321 322 323 324 325	   327
       330 331 332 333	   335 336 337
       340 341 342 343	   345 346 347
       350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357
       360 361 362 363 364 365	   367
       370 371 372 373	   375 376 377

   ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646da (DANISH)
       For the conversion of ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646da, all characters not in the following tables are mapped unchanged.

       +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
       |		     Conversions Performed			 |
       +---------------+----------------+----------------+---------------+
       |  ISO 8859-1   |   ISO 646da	|  ISO 8859-1	 |     ISO	 |
       +---------------+----------------+----------------+---------------+
       |646da	       |		|		 |		 |
       +---------------+----------------+----------------+---------------+
       |305	       | 135		|345		 |175		 |
       +---------------+----------------+----------------+---------------+
       |306	       | 133		|346		 |173		 |
       +---------------+----------------+----------------+---------------+
       |330	       | 134		|370		 |174		 |
       +---------------+----------------+----------------+---------------+

       Converted to Underscore '_' (137)
       ---------------------------------
       133 134 135 173 174 175
       200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207
       210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217
       220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227
       230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237
       240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247
       250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257
       260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267
       270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277
       300 301 302 303 304	   307
       310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317
       320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327
	   331 332 333 334 335 336 337
       340 341 342 343 344	   347
       350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357
       360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367
       371 372 373 374	       376 377

   ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646en (ENGLISH ASCII)
       For the conversion of ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646en, all characters not in the following tables are mapped unchanged.

       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       |		  Conversions Performed 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |	ISO 8859-1	     |	       ISO 646en	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |243			     |043			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       Converted to Underscore '_' (137)
       ---------------------------------
       043
       200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207
       210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217
       220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227
       230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237
       240 241 242     244 245 246 247
       250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257
       260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267
       270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277
       300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307
       310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317
       320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327
       330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337
       340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347
       350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357
       360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367
       370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377

   ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646fr (FRENCH)
       For the conversion of ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646fr, all characters not in the following tables are mapped unchanged.

       +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
       |	       |     Conversions|Performed	 |		 |
       |  ISO 8859-1   |   ISO 646fr	|  ISO 8859-1	 |  ISO 646fr	 |
       |243	       | 043		|347		 |134		 |
       |247	       | 135		|350		 |175		 |
       |250	       | 176		|351		 |173		 |
       |260	       | 133		|371		 |174		 |
       |340	       | 100		|		 |		 |
       +---------------+----------------+----------------+---------------+

       Converted to Underscore '_' (137)
       ---------------------------------
       043
       100 133 134 135 173 174 175 176
       200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207
       210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217
       220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227
       230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237
       240 241 242     244 245 246
	   251 252 253 254 255 256 257
	   261 262 263 264 265 266 267
       270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277
       300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307
       310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317
       320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327
       330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337
	   341 342 343 344 345 346
	       352 353 354 355 356 357
       360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367
       370     372 373 374 375 376 377

   ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646it (ITALIAN)
       For the conversion of ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646it, all characters not in the following tables are mapped unchanged.

       +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
       |	       |     Conversions|Performed	 |		 |
       |  ISO 8859-1   |   ISO 646it	|  ISO 8859-1	 |  ISO 646it	 |
       |243	       | 043		|350		 |175		 |
       |247	       | 100		|351		 |135		 |
       |260	       | 133		|354		 |176		 |
       |340	       | 173		|362		 |174		 |
       |347	       | 134		|371		 |140		 |
       +---------------+----------------+----------------+---------------+

       Converted to Underscore '_' (137)
       ---------------------------------
       043
       100 133 134 135 173 174 175 176
       200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207
       210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217
       220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227
       230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237
       240 241 242     244 245 246
       250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257
	   261 262 263 264 265 266 267
       270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277
       300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307
       310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317
       320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327
       330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337
	   341 342 343 344 345 346
	       352 353 354 355 356 357
       360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367
       370     372 373 374 375 376 377

   ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646es (SPANISH)
       For the conversion of ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646es, all characters not in the following tables are mapped unchanged.

       +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
       |	       |     Conversions|Performed	 |		 |
       |  ISO 8859-1   |   ISO 646es	|  ISO 8859-1	 |  ISO 646es	 |
       |241	       | 133		|321		 |134		 |
       |247	       | 100		|347		 |175		 |
       |260	       | 173		|361		 |174		 |
       |277	       | 135		|		 |		 |
       +---------------+----------------+----------------+---------------+

       Converted to Underscore '_' (137)
       ---------------------------------
       100 133 134 135 173 174 175
       200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207
       210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217
       220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227
       230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237
       240     242 243 244 245 246
       250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257
	   261 262 263 264 265 266 267
       270 271 272 273 274 275 276
       300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307
       310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317
       320     322 323 324 325 326 327
       330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337
       340 341 342 343 344 345 346
       350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357
       360     362 363 364 365 366 367
       370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377

   ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646sv (SWEDISH)
       For the conversion of ISO 8859-1 to ISO 646sv, all characters not in the following tables are mapped unchanged.

       +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
       |	       |     Conversions|Performed	 |		 |
       |  ISO 8859-1   |   ISO 646sv	|  ISO 8859-1	 |  ISO 646sv	 |
       |304	       | 133		|344		 |173		 |
       |305	       | 135		|345		 |175		 |
       |311	       | 100		|351		 |140		 |
       |326	       | 134		|366		 |174		 |
       |334	       | 136		|374		 |176		 |
       +---------------+----------------+----------------+---------------+

       Converted to Underscore '_' (137)
       ---------------------------------
       100 133 134 135 136 140
       173 174 175 176
       200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207
       210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217
       220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227
       230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237
       240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247
       250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257
       260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267
       270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277
       300 301 302 303	       306 307
       310     312 313 314 315 316 317
       320 321 322 323 324 325	   327
       330 331 332 333	   335 336 337
       340 341 342 343	       346 347
       350     352 353 354 355 356 357
       360 361 362 363 364 365	   367
       370 371 372 373	   375 376 377

FILES

       /usr/lib/iconv/*.so	       conversion modules

       /usr/lib/iconv/*.t	       conversion tables

       /usr/lib/iconv/iconv_data       list of conversions supported by conversion tables

SEE ALSO

       iconv(1), iconv(3C), iconv(5)

SunOS 5.10							    28 Apr 1997 						   iconv_8859-1(5)
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