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Old 09-09-2008, 03:22 PM   #1
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how to convert bin like to text ?

Hello

I have a file without LR LF, and linux thinks that it is a bin.
How can I format it so that I can cat/read it?

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Old 09-09-2008, 03:45 PM   #2
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It seems that anything other than plain text has some kind of signature at the beginning. Is that not what Linux uses to decide how to read a file?

Try doing "cat filename|hexdump -C|more" to see what's actually there.
 
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Some text editors will allow you to read a binary file, others won't. I know gedit will not display a binary file. I know that kwrite and mped will display a binary file.

The best editor choice is probably ghex. ghex displays any file both as hexadecimal and ascii and allows you to edit it either as hexadecimal or as ascii.

http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/dag/red....dag.i386.html

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Old 09-09-2008, 10:29 PM   #4
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If you just want to read the file goto a terminal and run mc (midnight commander)
navigate to the file highlight it then hit F3
 
Old 09-10-2008, 07:38 AM   #5
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How about
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strings binfile > readablefile
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Old 09-10-2008, 08:00 AM   #6
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If it is just a DOS text file with CRLF line-endings, this simple command will transform it into a Unix texe file (LF line-endings):

tr -d '\r' </path/to/DosTextFile >/path/to/new/UnixTextFile

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Old 09-10-2008, 07:55 PM   #7
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Try dos2unix
 
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Having asked his question, and received 6 useful replies, the OP has left this thread to ask other questions:
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Old 09-11-2008, 12:30 PM   #9
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nonono, didnt come to it yet... I look at it next week. That's WEEKEND !
 
  


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