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# 15  
Old 09-23-2015
This doesn't match neither your specification in post#12 (spaces!) nor any of your "binary" samples. What does "fixed length ascii converted" mean? Could you attach some original records without any modification?

---------- Post updated at 17:21 ---------- Previous update was at 17:15 ----------

Would this interpretation ignoring any spaces (c.f. rightmost column) ring a bell?
Code:
No      Field Name      Type            Offset  Length  Bytes   Binary Type     Value
C1      Record Type     Number(3)       1       3       1       Unsigned Char   016
C2      Call Date       Date            4       8       4       Long            20150722
C3      Operator        Number (4)      12      4       2       Unsigned short  0040
C4      Segment Number  Number(3)       16      3       1       Unsigned Char   001
                                                                                08000400
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# 16  
Old 09-23-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by krk
As per my source , this a binary file encoded with base32.
I don't think you know what base32 is. I think this file is pure binary with no encoding at all.

Quote:
Coud you please let me how should i decode the file. I mean what should be my first step.
Handling pure binary values is awkward in most scripting languages. Do you have a C compiler available?

Please attach some of your raw unmodified input data. Your examples don't seem to agree with each other.
# 17  
Old 09-23-2015
I don't think it's binary either. Talking of post#14, it's a fixed field fixed record ASCII file (not text!). No idea what/why the spaces are in there.
# 18  
Old 09-24-2015
i'll brief the requirements again.

I have a binary file (base32 encoded) and a ASCII version of the same binary file.But i don't have a conversion code/logic/algorithm.I do have file specification.
I need to figure out a way to convert the binary file to asciii fixed length file so that i can load it contents into oracle table.

I've already posted the content of the binary file , ascii file & file spec in my previous post.

You guys give a unix command(head,od,tail ... ) ,i'll apply it to the binary file and paste the o/p in here.

many thanks.
# 19  
Old 09-24-2015
You've posted printouts of what some ASCII editors think that binary file looks like, none of which agree with each other, so we don't trust it. Try attaching the file itself.
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