converting file to binary issue

carltonp · 11-17-2012, 04:50 PM

Hi Markus I get the following when I do bash newfile.bin

Quote:

[root@localhost finally]# bash newfile.bin
: command not found:
: command not found0:
: command not found4:
Preparing to install...
: command not found6:
'ewfile.bin: line 88: syntax error near unexpected token `{
'ewfile.bin: line 88: ` POSIX_XPG_DF_CMD() {

markush · 11-17-2012, 04:56 PM

mh, what happende when you executed the command I posted above

Code:

sed 's/^M$//' DBConfig_RHEL_SAM_10_0_R5.bin > newfile.bin

were there any errormessages?

Markus

schneidz · 11-17-2012, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carltonp

The following is the output from the commands you suggested...

Code:

[root@localhost finally]# ./DBConfig_RHEL_SAM_10_0_R5.bin
bash: ./DBConfig_RHEL_SAM_10_0_R5.bin: /bin/sh^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

if you downloaded the file in binary mode then i am convinced that the file from the server is fubar (i would contact the server admin and tell them they made a mistake making that file).

for the shiggles you can try to download the file in ascii mode and see if it runs ?

carltonp · 11-17-2012, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markush

were there any errormessages?

Markus

no errors

schneidz · 11-17-2012, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markush

mh, what happende when you executed the command I posted above

Code:

sed 's/^M$//' DBConfig_RHEL_SAM_10_0_R5.bin > newfile.bin

were there any errormessages?

Markus

(to get ^M type CTRL+V followed by CTRL+M)

carltonp · 11-17-2012, 05:32 PM

hi Schneidz

Sorry for not replying sooner

When I executed sed 's/^M$//' DBConfig_RHEL_SAM_10_0_R5.bin > newfile.bin

Nothing happened - no error messages

carltonp · 11-17-2012, 05:34 PM

Sorry the last response was for Markus

carltonp · 11-17-2012, 05:48 PM

Going to try in ascii mode.

carltonp · 11-17-2012, 06:03 PM

Tried ascii mode but getting same error messages....

Do you think its a lost cause trying to get this to work?

schneidz · 11-17-2012, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carltonp

Tried ascii mode but getting same error messages....

Do you think its a lost cause trying to get this to work?

not yet. but you should definately let them know their file is bad.

with the sed command, type ctrl-v ctrl-m to make the ^M.

you can try that vi command again eventhough it didnt work the last time.
always make a backup first.

markush · 11-17-2012, 06:14 PM

Lost in the sense that you don't learn anything this way. I would recommend that you learn more about Linux before installing this package. What will you do once it is installed? do you know how to configure the software? can you work with it?

What about your knowledge about Linux? you're a newbie. Learn the basics first. Find challenges which you can handle. Don't you have a book about Linux? maybe you should read an online tutorial, http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz

Markus

carltonp · 11-17-2012, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schneidz

with the sed command, type ctrl-v ctrl-m to make the ^M.

.

should I do ctrl-v ctrl-m after sed command?

carltonp · 11-17-2012, 06:28 PM

I got the ^M but I'm not sure what this will achieve...

schneidz · 11-17-2012, 06:34 PM

Code:

 sed 's/ctrl-v ctrl-m$//' DBConfig_RHEL_SAM_10_0_R5.bin > newfile.bin

dont literally type ctrl-v ctrl-m. it should result in something that looks like a ^M instead.

edit: this mite work better:

Code:

 tr '\r' '\n' < DBConfig_RHEL_SAM_10_0_R5.bin > newfile.bin

carltonp · 11-17-2012, 06:47 PM

schniedz,

Really appreciate you sticking with me on this.

So when I enter sed 's/ctrl-v ctrl-m$//' DBConfig_RHEL_SAM_10_0_R5.bin > newfile.bin nothing is returned.

However, I'm entirely sure what I need to do with tr '\r' '\n'

Sorry for being a little dim with this