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    I'm about to go insane, help

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by The Mighty Boosh, May 6, 2009.

  1. The Mighty Boosh

    The Mighty Boosh Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have hex dump of a text file. I have been googling how to rebuild a text file from a hex dump for hours now. I'm going insane. How the hell do I rebuild the original file from the hex dump? I have the entire hex dump from the original file, what do I do? I am so lost.

    Any help would be SO appreciated.

    Thank you.
     
    The Mighty Boosh, May 6, 2009
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  2. Nebelwand

    Nebelwand Notebook Consultant

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    If you speak Linux, xxd does things like that. Don't know anything for Windows, sorry.
     
    Nebelwand, May 6, 2009
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    Sounds like something perl could do. Try posting on the perl newsgroup comp.lang.perl.misc. If you're not a programmer you might offer to pay someone a few bucks to write a script for you or do the conversion for you. You may be able to view the text in the file using debug from the command line, e.g. debug {filename} followed by the d command to dump the next set of bytes to the screen. The text equivalent is displayed on the right hand side. HTH.
     
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