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Old 03-01-2009, 06:09 PM   #1
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Convert index.dat from windows ^@

Hi,
I would like to convert teh typical binary index.dat to linux, and replace the ^@ with the right char and having Line Feed as it should.

Any ideas to understand this binary?
 
Old 03-01-2009, 07:43 PM   #2
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If you want to extract the text urls, you could use the `strings' program.
 
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Code:
strings index.dat | gawk '/http/{print substr($0,index($0,"http"))}'
 
  


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