From: Bill Kelly Date: 2006-05-02T03:13:17+09:00 Subject: Re: So I got a binary file... From: "bostonmacosx" > >f 80 00 00 bf 80 00 00 bf 80 00 00 c0 00 00 00 |................| > 00046170 bf 80 00 00 bf 80 00 00 3f 80 00 00 3f 80 00 00 > |........?...?...| > 00046180 bf 80 00 00 bf 80 00 00 c0 00 00 00 c0 40 00 00 > |.............@..| > 00046190 c0 00 00 00 bf 80 00 00 40 40 00 00 40 a0 00 00 > |........@@..@...| > 000461a0 40 e0 00 00 40 e0 00 00 40 c0 00 00 40 a0 00 00 > |@...@...@...@...| > 000461b0 40 40 00 00 40 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 40 40 00 00 > |@@..@...@...@@..| > 000461c0 40 80 00 00 40 a0 00 00 40 a0 00 00 40 a0 00 00 > |@...@...@...@...| > 000461d0 40 80 00 00 40 40 00 00 40 00 00 00 40 40 00 00 > |@...@@..@...@@..| > 000461e0 40 40 00 00 40 80 00 00 40 a0 00 00 40 c0 00 00 > |@@..@...@...@...| > 000461f0 40 c0 00 00 40 a0 00 00 40 40 00 00 40 00 00 00 > |@...@...@@..@...| > 00046200 3f 80 00 00 40 00 00 00 40 80 00 00 40 a0 00 00 > |?...@...@...@...| > 00046210 40 c0 00 00 40 a0 00 00 40 a0 00 00 40 80 00 00 > |@...@...@...@...| > 00046220 40 40 00 00 40 40 00 00 40 40 00 00 40 40 00 00 > |@@..@@..@@..@@..| > > Really means nothing to me. What I'm looking to find is turning the > whole thing into a human readable ASCII format. But... there's no ASCII in that data. Except for some @ signs and a few ?-marks. If you want to _scan_ for ascii strings in a file, try the `strings` command from the command line. But, if your whole file contains data like the above, then it's in your best interest to learn to read a hex dump. It's already showing you all the ASCII you can get. Regards, Bill