Re: figuring out binary file format

[Dmitri A. Sergatskov]

On 9/11/06, Bryan Lepore <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Quentin Spencer wrote:
> > fid = fopen("28JUL06G.DAT");
> > data = fread (fid,Inf,"32*single",0,"ieee-be");
> > fclose(fid);
>
> thanks - now, i don't really know the format, so i can't specify one e.g in
> printf.
>
> i'd like to just dump the data to stout to see what's in it.  freport says :
>   number  mode  arch       name
>   ------  ----  ----       ----
>      0       r     native  stdin
>      1       w     native  stdout
>      2       w     native  stderr
> ... is there a way to just output everything unformatted to stdout just to
> get a clue as to what it is?

Why do you use octave then? What is wrong with e.g. 'od' or some
hex editor?

> -bryan

Dmitri.