Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:51:02 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: editing a binary file Message-ID: <20091218005102.GA51064@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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I'm creating binary files in fortran. Fortran adds 4 byte record delimiters at the beginning and the end of each record, which, in the case of a binary file, is just at the beginning and at the end of the file. I need to delete these record delimiters, because the software I use to visualise the binary files interprets them as data. But I don't know how. I've looked at hexdump and od, but those are only dumping (I think) file contents, and I cannot see how to edit a file with them. Any advice? many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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