Note: This program does not convert the file to ASCII. It only interprets the first five records in the file as ASCII values and writes them to the SAS log. The transport file remains unchanged. Code ...

Because the CMS host stores character data in EBCDIC format, you cannot read the transport file as ASCII data. In order to view an EBCDIC file in ASCII or hexadecimal format, you must interpret it.

See ASCII, hex and hex editor. ASCII Code (Decimal) The ASCII characters are numbered from 0 to 255. The chart below shows their designation in hexadecimal numbers. ASCII Code (Hexadecimal) The ASCII ...

Binary and hexadecimal numbers systems underpin the way modern computer systems work. Low-level interactions with hexadecimal (hex) and binary are uncommon in the world of Java programming, but ...

There's an old engineering joke that says: “Standards are great … everyone should have one!” The problem is that – very often – everyone does. Consider the case of storing textual data inside a ...

Linux provides commands for converting numbers from one base to another. Learn how to uses these commands and how to make the process easier with scripts and aliases. You might not be challenged very ...

Yeah, that many years. Almost 13 years of writing about shell scripts and lightweight programming within the Linux environment. I've covered a lot of ground, but I want to go back to something that's ...