11-14-2002
hi,
you can use following unix command to covert binary to text and text to binary,
uuencode - for binary to text file
uudecode - for text to binary
usage:
uuencode sourcefile file_lable > filename
uudecode filename
Eg:
uuencode data.dat data.dat > tdata.txt
uudecode tdata.txt
Last edited by selvavenkat; 11-14-2002 at 01:17 AM..
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Dear Sir;
i want to know how the binary data convert to text file or readablw format (ASCII).If possible pl. help me for the software and where it is available for download. i.e. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: auro123
1 Replies
2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
All,
I want to convert multiple \0 005 characters to line feed 012 character
in a binary file to make to readable. Here is the sample od -c file
output:
0000000 254 355 \0 005 s r \0 * c o m . c i s c
Here is the sample od -b file output:
0000000 254 355 000... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: bubba112557
0 Replies
3. Programming
Hi All,
Please suggest me how to read a binary file in text or ASCII format.
thanks
Nagendra (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Nagendra
3 Replies
4. Programming
Is/are there any function(s) in C that convert(s) character/ASCII/Decimal to binary and vice versa?
what about bcopy and strcpy? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Peevish
1 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello folks,
i have a binary text file but i am not able to convert into text format, please suggest.
thanks. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: learnbash
2 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have got a library file, created by compiling C code. The file information with "file" command, gives it a "application/x-archive" type file. I want to extract the release string of my software from this file, so that i can know which version of C files were used to create the lib.
Can... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: atulmt
3 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Input file (each line is separaed by spaces )given below:
Name Domain Contact Phone Email Location
----------------------- ------------------------------------------------ ------- -----... (18 Replies)
Discussion started by: sreenath1037
18 Replies
8. Solaris
Why would a binary which was compiled on a Solaris-10 not be runnable in a SunOS 5.10? (they are supposed to be precisely equivalent).
When I run the file command on it, it says:
ELF 32-bit LSB executable 80386 Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped, no debugging information available... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: steve701
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)
Discussion started by: digidax
7 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Guys,
Is it possible to convert the hexadecimal to Binary by unix command.....I could not figure out....
If I need to convert AF6D to binary...what could be the way to do?
Thanks in advance!!
---------- Post updated at 02:57 AM ---------- Previous update was at 02:42 AM ----------
I... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Indra2011
6 Replies
LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN
uuencode
UUENCODE(1) BSD General Commands Manual UUENCODE(1)
NAME
uuencode, uudecode -- encode/decode a binary file
SYNOPSIS
uuencode [-m] [-o output_file] [file] name
uudecode [-cips] [file ...]
uudecode [-i] -o output_file [file]
DESCRIPTION
The uuencode and uudecode utilities are used to transmit binary files over transmission mediums that do not support other than simple ASCII
data.
The uuencode utility reads file (or by default the standard input) and writes an encoded version to the standard output, or output_file if
one has been specified. The encoding uses only printing ASCII characters and includes the mode of the file and the operand name for use by
uudecode.
The uudecode utility transforms uuencoded files (or by default, the standard input) into the original form. The resulting file is named
either name or (depending on options passed to uudecode) output_file and will have the mode of the original file except that setuid and exe-
cute bits are not retained. The uudecode utility ignores any leading and trailing lines.
The following options are available for uuencode:
-m Use the Base64 method of encoding, rather than the traditional uuencode algorithm.
-o output_file
Output to output_file instead of standard output.
The following options are available for uuencode:
-m Use the Base64 method of encoding, rather than the traditional uuencode algorithm.
-o output_file
Output to output_file instead of standard output.
The following options are available for uudecode:
-c Decode more than one uuencode'd file from file if possible.
-i Do not overwrite files.
-o output_file
Output to output_file instead of any pathname contained in the input data.
-p Decode file and write output to standard output.
-s Do not strip output pathname to base filename. By default uudecode deletes any prefix ending with the last slash '/' for security
purpose.
EXAMPLES
The following example packages up a source tree, compresses it, uuencodes it and mails it to a user on another system. When uudecode is run
on the target system, the file ``src_tree.tar.Z'' will be created which may then be uncompressed and extracted into the original tree.
tar cf - src_tree | compress |
uuencode src_tree.tar.Z | mail sys1!sys2!user
The following example unpack all uuencode'd files from your mailbox into your current working directory.
uudecode -c < $MAIL
The following example extract a compress'ed tar archive from your mailbox
uudecode -o /dev/stdout < $MAIL | zcat | tar xfv -
SEE ALSO
basename(1), compress(1), mail(1), uucp(1), uuencode(5)
BUGS
Files encoded using the traditional algorithm are expanded by 35% (3 bytes become 4 plus control information).
HISTORY
The uudecode and uuencode utilities appeared in 4.0BSD.
BSD
January 27, 2002 BSD