Coverting file to Binary

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Hi, How to convert a text file to Binary? So I guess that
I can edit the escape charaters in the file to eliminate
CR (0D00) after every occurance of #.
 
Dhruv said:
Hi, How to convert a text file to Binary? So I guess that
I can edit the escape charaters in the file to eliminate
CR (0D00) after every occurance of #.
Click to expand...

Sorry Dhruv,
I forgot you after having tested a solution :-)

The folowing is ascci-assembler code from Herbert Kleebauer.
Some peopl might warn for security issues, but I checked it and
personall believe in theg integrity and reputation of Herbert.

Assuming your file is source.txt and output goes to dest.txt

::sbs2.bat
@echo off
echo Bj@jzh`0X-`/PPPPPPa(DE(DM(DO(Dh(Ls(Lu(LX(LeZRR]EEEUYRX2Dx=>sbs2.com
echo 0DxFP,0Xx.t0P,=XtGsB4o@$?PIyU!WvX0GwUY Wv;ovBX2Gv0ExGIuht6>>sbs2.com
echo ?@}IKuNWpe~Fpe?FNHlF?wGMECIQqo{Ox{T?kPv@jeoSeIlRFD@{AyEKj@>>sbs2.com
echo iqe~1NeAyR?mHAG~BGRgB{~H?o~TsdgCYqe?HR~upkpBG?~slJBCyA?@xA>>sbs2.com
echo LZp{xq`Cs?H[C_vHDyB?Hos@QslFA@wQ~~x}viH}`LYNBGyA?@xAB?sUq`>>sbs2.com
echo LRy@PwtCYQEuFK@A~BxPtDss@fFqjVmzD@qBEOEenU?`eHHeBCMs?FExep>>sbs2.com
echo LHsPBGyA?@xAunjzA}EKNs@CA?wQpQpKLBHv?s`WJ`LRCYyIWMJaejCksl>>sbs2.com
echo H[GyFGhHBwHZjjHeoFasuFUJeHeB?OsQH[xeHCPvqFj@oq@eNc?~}Nu??O>>sbs2.com
echo ~oEwoAjBKs?Zp`LBzHQzyEFrAWAG{EFrAqAGYwHTECIQ{coKIsaCsf{Oe~>>sbs2.com
echo CK}Ayre~CNFA{rAyEKFACrA{EKGAjbA}eKGSjNMtQFtc{OAyDGFj?{FDGQ>>sbs2.com
echo KAjNVk_OCAx@e?f{o?CosI}1EGizhljJ~H1ZeG}JBA~rACBMDGjjDG@g0x>>sbs2.com
::
:: Usage: sbs2.com NUMBER "STRING1" "STRING2" <infile >outfile
::
:: infile and outfile must be files (to allow random access), so in
:: NT/W2000/XP no pipe (program1 | sbst | program2) must be used!
:: infile and outfile must not be the same file!
::
:: Substitutes the NUMBER ocurrence of STRING1 in infile by
:: STRING2 and writes the result to outfile
::
:: You can include any character in STRING1/2 by using its
:: hex value (e.g. $0d for <CR> or $1a for EOF)
::
:: If NUMBER = 0 all STRING1 are substituted by STRING2
::
:: If an error is detected or nothing is substituted, erorrlevel=0
:: replace the original file only if errorlevel>=1 (=number of
:: substitutions).
::
:: Instead of the double quotes (") you can also use single quotes (')
:: with a different meaning for string2:
:: "string2" : normal substitution
:: 'string2" : before substitution the output file is rewinded
:: "string2' : after substitution the outputfile is closed
::
SBS.COM "$0d$0a#$0$0a" "$0d$0a#" <source.txt >dest.txt
del sbs.com

HTH
 
Dhruv said:
Hi, How to convert a text file to Binary? So I guess that
I can edit the escape charaters in the file to eliminate
CR (0D00) after every occurance of #.
Click to expand...

Why not just open it with edit.com and do a search and replace?

edit /80 yourfile.xxx

Then do a global search and replace. In the replace dialog type in # and
ALT-13 (13 on the numeric keypad) and replace with just #

As always, make a backup of the original file first.
 
I could not understand what Matthias explained. Also I
tried Paul method and it did't workout. Firstly, I need
to open the txt file in notepad and do the "replace
all" "#cr" with "#". But I could not insert any escape
sequence for the "cr" (carriage return).
 
Dhruv said:
I could not understand what Matthias explained. Also I
tried Paul method and it did't workout. Firstly, I need
to open the txt file in notepad and do the "replace
all" "#cr" with "#". But I could not insert any escape
sequence for the "cr" (carriage return).
Click to expand...

Copy the text following the dashed line to the clipboard, paste it
into notepad, save as file mk-sbs.bat and execute that batch.

You now have the executable file sbs2.com.

Like your suggestion when started with following arguments it will read
the file given after < and output to the file after >
and replace all crlf#crlf sequences with only crlf#

SBS.COM "$0d$0a#$0d$0a" "$0d$0a#" <source.txt >dest.txt

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
::mk-sbs2.bat
@echo off
echo sbs2.com"Bj@jzh`0X-`/PPPPPPa(DE(DM(DO(Dh(Ls(Lu(LX(LeZRR]EEEUYRX2Dx=>sbs2.com <mailornews:Bj@jzh`0X-`/PPPPPPa(DE(DM(DO(Dh(Ls(Lu(LX(LeZRR]EEEUYRX2Dx=>
echo 0DxFP,0Xx.t0P,=XtGsB4o@$?PIyU!WvX0GwUY Wv;ovBX2Gv0ExGIuht6>>sbs2.com
echo sbs2.com"?@}IKuNWpe~Fpe?FNHlF?wGMECIQqo{Ox{T?kPv@jeoSeIlRFD@{AyEKj@>>sbs2.com <mailorecho sbs2.com"iqe~1NeAyR?mHAG~BGRgB{~H?o~TsdgCYqe?HR~upkpBG?~slJBCyA?@xA>>sbs2.com <mailorecho LZp{xq`Cs?H[C_vHDyB?Hos@QslFA@wQ~~x}viH}`LYNBGyA?@xAB?sUq`>>sbs2.com
echo sbs2.com"LRy@PwtCYQEuFK@A~BxPtDss@fFqjVmzD@qBEOEenU?`eHHeBCMs?FExep>>sbs2.com <mailorecho sbs2.com"LHsPBGyA?@xAunjzA}EKNs@CA?wQpQpKLBHv?s`WJ`LRCYyIWMJaejCksl>>sbs2.com <mailorecho H[GyFGhHBwHZjjHeoFasuFUJeHeB?OsQH[xeHCPvqFj@oq@eNc?~}Nu??O>>sbs2.com
echo ~oEwoAjBKs?Zp`LBzHQzyEFrAWAG{EFrAqAGYwHTECIQ{coKIsaCsf{Oe~>>sbs2.com
echo CK}Ayre~CNFA{rAyEKFACrA{EKGAjbA}eKGSjNMtQFtc{OAyDGFj?{FDGQ>>sbs2.com
echo sbs2.com"KAjNVk_OCAx@e?f{o?CosI}1EGizhljJ~H1ZeG}JBA~rACBMDGjjDG@g0x>>sbs2.com <mailor::
:: Usage: sbs2.com NUMBER "STRING1" "STRING2" <infile >outfile
::
:: infile and outfile must be files (to allow random access), so in
:: NT/W2000/XP no pipe (program1 | sbst | program2) must be used!
:: infile and outfile must not be the same file!
::
:: Substitutes the NUMBER ocurrence of STRING1 in infile by
:: STRING2 and writes the result to outfile
::
:: You can include any character in STRING1/2 by using its
:: hex value (e.g. $0d for <CR> or $1a for EOF)
::
:: If NUMBER = 0 all STRING1 are substituted by STRING2
::
:: If an error is detected or nothing is substituted, erorrlevel=0
:: replace the original file only if errorlevel>=1 (=number of
:: substitutions).
::
:: Instead of the double quotes (") you can also use single quotes (')
:: with a different meaning for string2:
:: "string2" : normal substitution
:: 'string2" : before substitution the output file is rewinded
:: "string2' : after substitution the outputfile is closed
::
 
Thanks Matthias. I could test it. But before implementing
it my coleague wrote some funny VB script even that also
did the job. Anyway, thanks.
 
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