Chapter 8   Binary to ASCII Tool


You can use the Binary to ASCII tool to convert binary base-64 encoded data to ASCII base-64 encoded data.

The chapter has the following sections:

• Availability

• Syntax

• Example

Availability

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This tool is available for AIX 4.3, OSF/1 v4.0D, Solaris 2.6 (SunOS 5.6), Solaris 8, and Windows NT 4.0.

Syntax

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To run the Binary to ASCII tool, type the following command:

BtoA[.bat] <input-file> <output_file>

.bat specifies the file extension; this is required only when running the utility on a Windows NT system.

<input_file> specifies the path to the file that contains the base-64 encoded data in binary format.

<output_file> specifies the path to the file to write the base-64 encoded data in ASCII format.

Example

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BtoA.bat C:\test\data.in C:\test\data.out

The above command takes the base-64 encoded data (in binary format) in the file named data.in and writes the ASCII equivalent of the data to the file named data.out.