On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:53:44 +0200 Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:05:36 +0000 > Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:45:10AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 06:05:08PM +0200, Micha wrote: > > > > I have a stream of unsigned long numbers saved from visual studio (2005) > > > > that I'm trying to open under linux, but the format seems to be very > > > > strange (doesn't seem to be neither big endian nor little endian). For > > > > example, the set of numbers 2, 288, 2624, 490 (or in hex 0x2 0x120, > > > > 0xA40, 0x1EA) comes out (in hex) > > > Your first 0x2 should be 0x002 to keep padding correct. > > > > > > > 02 00 00 00 20 01 00 00 40 0D 0A 00 00 EA 01 00 > > > ^ > > > where did the D come from? > > That was what I was wondering about, but found the solution, appearing later > > > > > > > > > Any idea what the format is and how to read it? > > > > > > I don't have a hex calculator handy (and I don't have time at the moment > > > to do it by hand). Please verify the decimal to hex converion. > > > > I verified it several times and even rewrote the same data from linux and got > what you and I were expecting. > > > Psst... > > > > printf "%04X\n" 2 288 2624 490 > > 0002 > > 0120 > > 0A40 > > 01EA > > > > I am aware of that, if that's what I have seen I would have had no issues, > had I? >
BTW, I just re-read the mail and it seems that it might come over a bit offensive. No such intent was made, just less than 5 hours a night for a couple of nights ... sorry if any offence was taken. > You are assuming that I am directly stupid and not just indirectly stupid ;-) > > Anyway, I found the problem. The binary data was written by mistake in text > mode under windows instead of binary mode. That's why msvs opened it > correctly but matlab and linux (and the hex editor) messed it up. > > This brings me to the next question. Is there a way to open a text file > (containing binary data) from windows under linux correctly (will dos2unix do > the work for binary data or does it only convert carriage returns? > > > But don't tell anybody > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
