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I used gawk BINMODE for this. but it is not reflecting onto the file.. please help me to convert .txt file to binary file...
  1. 02-19-2009 #1
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    converting .txt file to binary file using shell script

    I used gawk BINMODE for this. but it is not reflecting onto the file.. please help me to convert .txt file to binary file
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    What do you mean? In Linux, there is no such thing as a "text" or "binary" file. You just have files, the contents of which differ depending on its purpose. If the file contains bytes that look like characters, it's a text file. Otherwise, it's a binary file.

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