Here is a script I wrote to convert binary files to C/C++ include files. It uses ord to convert from binary to a hex string.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

$source = $ARGV[0];
$dest = $ARGV[1];
unless($source and $dest) {
    print "Usage: perl bin2hex sourcefile destfile\n";
    exit 0;
}
$/=\1;
open SRC, "$source";
open DST, ">$dest";
if (defined(SRC) and defined(DST)) {
    print DST "unsigned char data[] = {\n    ";
    $n=0;
    while (<SRC>) {
            if ($n==8) {$n=0; print DST "\n    ";}
            $toprint = ord $_;
            if ($toprint < 16) {printf DST "0x0%x, ",$toprint;}
            else {printf DST "0x%x, ",$toprint;}
            $n++;
    }
    print DST "\n}";
    close SRC;
    close DST;
}

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Hope it helps. Chilliwilli.

In reply to Re: bin2ascii and ascii2bin conversion by Anonymous Monk
in thread bin2ascii and ascii2bin conversion by Anonymous Monk

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