To read binary files, you need to understand read(), seek() and unpack(),
as well as the underlying binary structure of the file. Peeking into the
file with a hex editor will help distinguish the ASCII bits from the rest.
If you know the C code that creates the file, that can help a lot!
Luke
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Tyler Cruickshank wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Looking for some binary file help. I want to read, manipulate, and print (in ascii)
>a binary file on a solaris 7 machine. I have looked into and tried the binmode()
>function but this seems to be for older machines that differentiate between ascii and
>binary files. I have tried the following and just get the binary form printed back
>out at me (the expected result):
>
> open(FILE, "mybinaryfile") || or die "error\n";
> while(<FILE>){
> print "$_\n";
> }
>
> When perl reads a binary file as above, does it understand what it is reading? How
>can I print the file back out in ascii?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Tyler Cruickshank
> UDAQ
>
>
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