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# 8  
Old 08-23-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by hergp
As I said, openssl is a little picky, every encoded line (except the last one) has to be 64 characters long.

Code:
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Thanks,its working & i am able to see the actual data but is there any way to see the actual data without resizing it to 64? Since that needs to be done manually,but i dont want to do it manually for every file.....
# 9  
Old 08-23-2013
There are other tools, like base64 from GNU coreutils, and also quite a few online decoders, like http://www.base64decode.org/. If your files are not too big, the online decoders might be useful.
Last edited by hergp; 08-23-2013 at 05:09 AM..
# 10  
Old 08-23-2013
On my recent Linux:
Code:
base64 -d file
ClaimNumber,ClaimDealType,RejectionReason,DealNumber,SalesOrderNumber,HPSalesOrderNumber,InvoiceDate,InvoiceNumber,SKU,Quantity,SerialNumber,BillToName,EUserName,BillToAddress1,BillToAddress2,BillToCity,BillToState,BillToZipCode,ShipToName,ShipToAddress1,ShipToAddress2,ShipToCity,ShipToState,ShipToZipCode,EndUserName,EndUserAddress1,EndUserAddress2,EndUserCity,EndUserState,EndUserZipCode,BatchNumber,CompanyLocationID,DistributorName
"C124532","Volume HPN Switching Routing Applications Accessories NBO","","D721758","","","8/1/2013 12:00:00 AM","402561411","J9727A#ABA","2","","CAMERA CORNER CONNECTING POINT","BADGER SHEET METAL","GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FIN CORP","DEALER #108250","WILLIAMSVILLE","NY","142210000","BADGER SHEET METAL","529 N MONROE AVE","","GREEN BAY","WI","543014909","BADGER SHEET METAL","529 N MONROE AVE","","GREEN BAY","WI","543014909","2422","10026242","Ingram Micro - 10026242",
"C124532","Volume HPN Switching Routing Applications Accessories NBO","","D721758","","","8/1/2013 12:00:00 AM","402561411","J9735A","2","","CAMERA CORNER CONNECTING POINT","BADGER SHEET METAL","GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FIN CORP","DEALER #108250","WILLIAMSVILLE","NY","142210000","BADGER SHEET METAL","529 N MONROE AVE","","GREEN BAY","WI","543014909","BADGER SHEET METAL","529 N MONROE AVE","","GREEN BAY","WI","543014909","2422","10026242","Ingram Micro - 10026242",
"C124531","Volume PSG Notebooks NBO","","D647801","","","8/2/2013 12:00:00 AM","321737821","D8E66UT#ABA","11","","NETGAIN TECHNOLOGIES INC","CENTERS FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES","PO BOX 251970","","LITTLE ROCK","AR","722251970","CENTERS FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES","6501 W 12TH ST","","LITTLE ROCK",user@userPC:/mnt/9/$  & FAMILIES","6501 W 12TH ST","","LITTLE ROCK","AR","722041511","2422","10026242","Ingram Micro - 10026242",

It obviously consists of \r\n terminated liens.
# 11  
Old 08-27-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by saga20
Thanks,its working & i am able to see the actual data but is there any way to see the actual data without resizing it to 64? Since that needs to be done manually,but i dont want to do it manually for every file.....
Why do it manually, that sounds very tedious and unpleasant? Write a quick shell script to reformat it automatically.
# 12  
Old 08-28-2013
Here is an awk-script that can do the job:
Code:
BEGIN {
    S = "";
}
{
    S = S $0;
    while (length(S) > 64)
    {
        print substr(S,1,64);
        S = substr(S,65);
    }
}
END {
    print S;
}

Usage:
Code:
awk -t script.awk <input >output

# 13  
Old 08-28-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by hergp
Here is an awk-script that can do the job:
...provided that the file is not longer than the maximum line length. This limitation is true for this and all similar solutions (using sed, awk, fmt, etc.).

Wouldn't it be easier to use

Code:
fmt -64

instead?

I hope this helps.

bakunin
# 14  
Old 08-28-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by bakunin
...provided that the file is not longer than the maximum line length.
If you look closely, you'll find, that the working string S will never be longer than the longest line of the input file plus 63. The script adds one line to S and then writes 64 character portions to the output file until S is shorter than 64 characters.

The easiest way would be to use the base64 utility from the GNU coreutils, because it does not care about the proper 64-character-linelength, but it is not available everywhere.
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