Open BIN file

[vktsn0303]

I have a program that generates an output as a BIN file. I'm using cygwin to compile and run the c++ program using MAKE. Now, once the program is done running I want to open the BIN file so that I can see what the data looks like as the output. How to open this BIN file? Thanks for your answers.

[Peter87]

Is BIN a file format?

[vktsn0303]

yes

[Peter87]

Well, in that case you will have to use a tool that can display this file format. If you cannot find such a tool you might have to look at the file format specification and either write your own tool or use a hex editor to try and extract the data manually.

[vktsn0303]

I see. Thanks for the answer though.

[mainecat]

You can view binary files in vi using %!xxd.

[kbw]

Try bvi.

[aurea]

Use the simply ./"your bin format"

[jan127]

Try using command in terminal hexdump -C yourfile.bin