On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 22:41 -0500, fred smith wrote: > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 03:11:25AM +0000, Amadeus W.M. wrote: > > I have a binary file with data. Each block of 48 bytes is a record. I > >cut > however this is a text file with newlines,... if it has no newlines > your mileage may vary. in that case you could try some sed or awk > hacks to insert newlines after each 48 bytes then feed it to cut. Of course if the *binary* file has a 0x0a in it somewhere you'd be in deep doodoo. You can't ASS-U-ME anything. Been there, been bit. > > good luck! > > -- > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- > I can do all things through Christ > who strengthens me. > ------------------------------ Philippians 4:13 ------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines