That is what I was trying to remember, uuencode/uudecode ... Thanks Needed to add ubuntu package sharutils ><> ... Jack
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Doug Smith <w...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Jack Coats wrote: > > I thought I remembered a unix utility that would convert a binary file > > to a text file in 'hex' format, typically to allow emailing a binary. > > > > And the corresponding decoding utility to re-build the binary from the > text. > > > > I can't seem to remember the commands or at least can't seem to find > > them on my Ubuntu 8.04 system. > > I've used uuencode/uudecode in the past. > > They aren't installed by default on Ubuntu. (at least not your version) > They're in the "sharutils" package: > http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/ > > -- > > Doug Smith W9WI > Pleasant View, TN EM66 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
