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How do I compare binary files in Linux?
I need to compare two binary files and get output in form
for every different byte. So if file1.bin is
00 90 00 11
in binary form
and file2.bin is
00 91 00 10
I want to get something ...
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Why can't we understand the content of a binary file after compiled?
As far I know, every program consists of a pack of processor instructions with some specific data variables(float, int, char...) to work on the processor registers.
So, the first thing that I ...
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permission for the `www-data` user to execute a binary file
How can I give permission for the www-data user of Ubuntu machine to execute a command installed in /usr/local/bin ?
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Viewing binary files in terminal mangles display - any option other than closing window?
I don't always accidentally more a binary file, but when I do, I manage to output weird characters that (apparently) change the character set used by the terminal and make it difficult to read or ...
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How to compare mp3, flac audio data in a file, ignoring header data (ID3 tag) etc.?
I've backed up some audio files up in 2 places and added ID3 tags into one backup but not the other, since time has passed my own memory has faded on whether the backups are actually the same, but now ...
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How to do binary searches on Windows?
I want to search for a binary file and all I know it contains a certain sequence of bytes. What tool can help me to find it?
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Getting position of track and sector in 'dd'-created floppy image
I got some floppy images (original DOS 6.22 und FreeDOS 1.44 MB boot disks) created using the *nix ddcommand that work fine when used in a virtual environment.
Now I want to understand the structure ...
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Binary file search on Windows 8?
I'm in a weird situation. I need to find a file based on its contents, not the name because the name is not unique...
For example, I have a file named "cat.jpg". It is a picture of a cat. I happen to ...
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making a runnable file from a binary file
I have downloaded some programs from PortableLinuxApps.com such as Xnoise, and Chromium, and have them saved on a USB with the intention of their being part of a Swiss-Army-USB holiday gift for my ...
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What exactly is a binary file? Is a JPEG file (.jpeg) a binary file?
Sorry if this question seems simplistic or overly broad.
I would like to clarify what a binary file is. I know that a binary file is a binary encoded file -- is a file format like JPEG classified as ...
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How to efficiently update a copy of a large binary file
I have a large file (~20 GB, VirtualBox VM of Windows XP) that I would like to clone to a second computer and then keep synchronized, 1-way, from the primary computer.
Is there a generic way of ...
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Merge 3 ISO file segments into 1 complete ISO file
I need to merge 3 ISO files from Dell website and they state the following:
Download all ISO file segments into an
empty subdirectory on your local hard
drive. After you have downloaded all
...
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Can you write binary opcodes directly in a text file, and then will they be directly fetched by CPU like that?
I can not fivd any sources explaining how tp write direct opcodes for ISA to work on CPU. Not Assembly, opcodes directly or "machine code".
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What is a 8086 relocatable?
I'm running some Fortran software (LBLRTM) and a shell-script that prepares input generates a number of files with names TAPE3, TAPE4, etc. For debugging purposes, I used file to identify the file ...
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Saving a binary file with HyperTerminal
I have an embedded platform that is connected to my Windows PC via the serial connection. The embedded application sends 532 bytes through the connection. Using HyperTerminal, I am able to see the ...
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How to version large binary files?
I run Windows XP inside a virtual machine for some tasks. I attempted to use git to version the image for virtual box; however, it is about 6GB after all the service packs. I only have 6GB of ram ...
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Is there any ways to extend the search (find-in-files) capability of WinRAR?
WinRAR is good at searching for a string in text files(java, xml, txt etc.) within an archive and it supports multiple archive formats. (rar, 7zip, winzip etc)
Is there some way to extend this ...
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Why does Mercurial think my source files are binary?
I've been working on a programming project in Notepad, so far. Today, I opened my source files in an IDE to debug one thing, and the IDE converted saved my files as binary (or so Mercurial reports, ...
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Software for tagging arbitrary files
I'd like a program that allows me to tag and organize arbitrary binary files, without having to modify them or move them around. Also, the files could be stored on a local HDD or on a DVD or any other ...
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Building distributable binaries in Unix
My intention is to generate distributable binaries - I am doing a ./configure - make - make install in my build machine, and I archived the content of the install directory (the one I gave a prefix to ...
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Program to compare binary files
I'm looking for a freeware program that compares two binary files with each other, and can do the following things:
Give a percentage of similarity
Hash the files (give a few basic, as well as fuzzy ...
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Is there any tool for decompiling raw binary files to C code for the Motorola 68000 processor series?
I have the ROM dump (.bin files) targeted for the MC68008 processor. Need to convert them into a high level source code. I have already found tools for disassmbling them into assembly code. The next ...
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Cinerella linux video editor binaries? Can't compile
I can't compile Cinerella 4.4.
Last messages I get from the compiler are below.
1) How can fix the compilation? Seems like some GCC or lib incompatibility. I use Ubuntu 12.10.
2) Can I get Cinerella ...
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Execute permissions set but still getting 'No such file or directory'
I'm trying to run a binary file from bash but I get the above error when I try ./launcher from the directory it's located. Execute permissions and owner are all in order so what's the issue?
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Installing 64-bit Java on Ubuntu Server
I am trying to install 64-bit java on my Ubuntu server so I can host a Minecraft server. I have downloaded the package from java.com, extracted the file (it has no extension, for me it's just called ...
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VMWare ESX storage more likely to cause file corruption than installing directly on hard disk?
On a ESX+Windows server, I help administrate, there is an accounting program using binary file storage, rather than a SQL-db with well-tested ACID properties. The binary files often have data ...
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Powershell overruling Perl binmode?
I have a Perl script which creates a binary file while scanning a very large text file. It outputs to STDOUT which I redirect in the commandline to a file.
To optimize it I'm making changes then ...
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Binary diff file
I have installed an unofficial patch to an application I am using, which essentially uses unix's patch command to apply a binary diff file to a directory. It appears to me it modifies the object files ...
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How to download a zip/rar(content) in ASCII by a ftp
I am trying to download a file from a ftp server, the file is Zip/rar and I am using filezilla.
I download the file in Acssi but the problem comes when I unzip the file and the files are in binary. ...
