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Old 04-01-2005, 05:34 AM   #1
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function in shell to convert hexadecimal into ascii

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have a file containing hexadecimal characters ..
how to convert into ascii
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Old 04-01-2005, 03:07 PM   #2
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The command:

od -c filename

Will display the ascii character equivalents for the file contents.
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