I’m working with a shapefile (.shp, .dbf, etc) and would like to convert it to xml. I’m on a mac, and I’m having trouble finding an application that will help me with the conversion. Does anyone know of a method for converting this file format into an xml file? Answer What dassouki said. Get GDAL … Read more
Informally, most of us understand that there are ‘binary’ files (object files, images, movies, executables, proprietary document formats, etc) and ‘text’ files (source code, XML files, HTML files, email, etc). In general, you need to know the contents of a file to be able to do anything useful with it, and form that point of … Read more
What tools are available to aid in decoding unknown binary data formats? I know Hex Workshop and 010 Editor both support structures. These are okay to a limited extent for a known fixed format but get difficult to use with anything more complicated, especially for unknown formats. I guess I’m looking at a module for … Read more
What does the following mean ? diff -rBNu src.orig/java/org/apache/nutch/analysis/NutchAnalysisConstants.java src/java/org/apache/nutch/analysis/NutchAnalysisConstants.java — src.orig/java/org/apache/nutch/analysis/NutchAnalysisConstants.java 2009-03-10 11:34:01.000000000 -0700 +++ src/java/org/apache/nutch/analysis/NutchAnalysisConstants.java 2009-03-10 14:11:55.000000000 -0700 @@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ + int CJK = 21; + int DIGIT = 22; int DEFAULT = 0; String[] tokenImage = { “<EOF>”, + “\”OR\””, “<WORD>”, “<ACRONYM>”, “<SIGRAM>”, @@ -39,6 +42,8 @@ “\”\\\”\””, “\”:\””, “\”/\””, … Read more
I have the following code however, I want it to write as a UTF-8 file to handle foreign characters. Is there a way of doing this, is there some need to have a parameter? I would really appreciate your help with this. Thanks. try { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(“C:/Users/Jess/My Documents/actresses.list”)); writer = new … Read more
I have seen many types of image extensions but have never understood the real differences between them. Are there any links out there that clearly explain their differences? Are there standards to consider when choosing a particular type of image to use in an application? What do we use for web applications? Answer Yes. They … Read more
Is there any official way to allow a CSV formatted file to allow comments, either on its own line OR at the end of a line? I tried checking wikipedia on this and also RFC 4180 but both do not mention anything which leads me to believe that it’s not part of the file format … Read more
I was reading about the file command and I came across something I don’t quite understand: file is designed to determine the kind of file being queried…. file accomplishes this by performing three sets of tests on the file in question: filesystem tests, magic tests, language tests What are magic tests? Answer “magic” here refers … Read more
I have found the term “LSB executable” or “LSB shared object” in the output of the file command in Linux. For example: $ file /bin/ls /bin/ls: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=4637713da6cd9aa30d1528471c930f88a39045ff, stripped What does “LSB” mean in this context? Answer “LSB” here stands for … Read more
Someone sent me a ZIP file containing files with Hebrew names (and created on Windows, not sure with which tool). I use LXDE on Debian Stretch. The Gnome archive manager manages to unzip the file, but the Hebrew characters are garbled. I think I’m getting UTF-8 octets extended into Unicode characters, e.g. I have a … Read more
