Questions tagged [binary]
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/usr/bin vs /usr/local/bin on Linux
Why are there so many places to put a binary in Linux? There are at least these five:
/bin/
/sbin/
/usr/bin/
/usr/local/bin/
/usr/local/sbin/
And on my office box, I do not have write permissions to some of these.
What type of binary goes into…
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grep returns "Binary file (standard input) matches" when trying to find a string pattern in file
I'm on Ubuntu and I typed cat .bash_history | grep git and it returned
Binary file (standard input) matches
My bash_history does exist and there are many lines in it that starts with git.
What caused it to display this error and how can I fix it?
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Fix terminal after displaying a binary file
I'd tried command cat with an executable file:
cat /bin/ls
Now I can't read any word in this terminal (Linux console). How can I fix it?
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How to view a binary file?
From what I understand, a compiler makes a binary file that consists of 1's and 0's that a CPU can read. I have a binary file but how do I open it to see the 1's and 0's that are there? A text editor says it can't open it...
P.S. I have an assembly…
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convert a hex string to binary and send with netcat
I have a binary file that I can send with netcat:
$ nc -l localhost 8181 < my.dat
The file contains this:
$ xxd my.dat
0000000: 0006 3030 3030 4e43 ..0000NC
What I really want to do is send the hex string directly. I've tried…
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Shell: How to read the bytes of a binary file and print as hexadecimal?
In shell, how can I read the bytes of a binary file I have, and print the output as hexadecimal numbers?
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How to enter non-ascii characters using hex or octal codes in vi
I'm trying to write a golfing library for postscript. But it needs to be condensed itself. So I need a convenient way to type-in arbitrary bytes within mostly ascii text.
I know this can easily be done with absolutely any programming language, but…
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How to find all binary executables recursively within a directory?
If I use find command like this:
find /mydir/mysubdir -executable -type f
all executable files are listed (excluding directories), and including executable script file (like script.sh, etc). What I want to do is list only binary executable files.
uray
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How to convert a shell script into a binary executable?
I want to convert my shell scripts into binary executable so that nobody else could edit or read it. Is there a way to convert it into a binary executable?
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ASCII to Binary and Binary to ASCII conversion tools?
Which is a good tool to convert ASCII to binary, and binary to ASCII?
I was hoping for something like:
$ echo --binary "This is a binary message"
01010100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100010…
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Passing binary data to curl without using a @file
Is it possible to use curl and post binary data without passing in a file name? For example, you can post a form using binary via --data-binary:
curl -X POST --data-binary @myfile.bin http://foo.com
However, this requires that a file exists. I…
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tr complains of “Illegal byte sequence”
I'm brand new to UNIX and I am using Kirk McElhearn's "The Mac OS X Command Line" to teach myself some commands.
I am attempting to use tr and grep so that I can search for text strings in a regular MS-Office Word Document.
$ tr '\r' '\n' <…
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Is there a way to run a Linux binary on macOS?
Is there a way to run a Linux binary in macOS? I tried to run a binary but it said it isn't executable.
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Binary to hexadecimal and decimal in a shell script
I have a context where I need to convert binary to hexadecimal and decimal and viceversa in a shell script. Can someone suggest me a tool for this?
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Why do i get binary output using curl
Not sure if it is ok to share the website I tried to get its source, but I think it is necessary for a better explanation. And I apologize if it's not in advance
The command:
curl -k -L -s https://www.mi.com
The output was binary data for some…
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