Thread: Decode windows .dat file

  1. 02-08-2016 #1
    straygrey
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    Decode windows .dat file

    I have received a file from a Windows server that in Linux hexedit shows the following first few characters.
    AA 18 3C 2B 60 56 03 00 00 01 01 00
    The Windows program may have received this via RS232.
    I need to "understand" this on a Linux machine.
    Please suggest where I may start decoding this?
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    Also asked here, fyi.

    You need to search whether the first 1-8 bytes are any known file signature. Most binary file formats put their sigs right at the beginning. If it isn't any, oh well...
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