Welcome
JSM,
I have a few to questions pose in response first:-
- Is this homework/assignment? There are specific forums for these.
- What have you tried so far?
- What output/errors do you get?
- What OS and version are you using?
- What are your preferred tools? (C, shell, perl, awk, etc.)
- What logical process have you considered? (to help steer us to follow what you are trying to achieve)
Most importantly,
What have you tried so far? You mention using
dd, but what flags did you use and what output did you get that was wrong? Having a
.dat files does not necessarily mean that the data is EBCIDIC.
There are probably many ways to achieve most tasks, so giving us an idea of your style and thoughts will help us guide you to an answer most suitable to you so you can adjust it to suit your needs in future. I've added CODE tags to you post to make the data clearer.
We're all here to learn and getting the relevant information will help us all.
Kind regards,
Robin