I need to convert a file in binary form to ASCII form. Can any body help me with the Unix script?
Also, I will appreciate if any body can recommend/be of help on any good book on unix script for a beginner.
Thanks

How should this conversion be done? Do you want to have the hex representation of the single bytes? You may want to have a look at the "hexdump" tool.

That tells us nothing about the file. You could try something like the following that will tell us what's in the file :

Code:

head -2 MyFile | od -c

I'd recommend "Unix Programming Environment" by Kernighan but the "Unix in a nutshell" is also good but less inclined towards beginners.

The file is a raw CDR data from from HLR (Home Location Register) that needs to be converted to readable formart .
Thanks

The only information I could find on HLR was this. Have you tried asking whoever supplied you with the data how you should read it or what the format it's in?