Heres my problem, i have a file thats in, what i assume, to be a binary format. Basically the program takes a file with a series of plain alphanumerics seperated by new lines and then translates it into this binary format. The reason im thinking its binary is b/c its got all these funky characters that definately dont appear on the keyboard. Anyways, my problem is that i need to figure out how to translate to, and back from, the binary format, using perl perferably. I know what the series of characters it takes to produce the ouput, but i cant figure out how to produce the output. Anyone out there have some idea of how i could easily figure this out? Im assuming i would use pack/unpack some how?

Heres an exmaple (i hope) of a text list and what it translates into binarily.
List:
//NAME: Untitled Deck
        4 Black Lotus

[download]
And heres the contents of the binary file that produces:
Actually this is not the list, because it "Cannot cut, copy, or drag and drop text containing null (code = 0) characters".
So, here is a link to where i uploaded the file.

Also if anyone is curious, this is indeed for Magic: The Gathering (a card game), specifically for Apprentice

In reply to 'parsing' a binary file? by BUU

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