i am new to perl and i have a lot of questions..one of those is this:

Example i have a binary file that contains this: 

MZ´^@^L^@^@^@ ^@^@^@ÿÿ^G^@^@^Ae@^@^@^@^@@^@^@^@^A^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^
+@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^D^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^
$                                        Z^N^_´ Í!¸^ALÍ!^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
+^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
:^Ac^FAf^^Õ^E^P^@^@^H^@^@^@^@^O^@^@^@^@^@^P^@^D^@b^K@^@À^@^K^A^[^A#^A^
+K^@^@^C^A       ^@^@^@^B^H^L^@^N^@^@^@
^C^M^@^N^A@^M^N^A^Z^@d^O^P^]d^O#^@qX^P^]rXQ^@M^P^]My^@$^C^P^]$^C{^@Å^D
+^P^]Æ^D~^@ö     ^P^]ö   ^@^D^G^P^]^D^G^@±^G^P^]²^G^@^G^E^P^
CONNECTDLG^FOLECLI^@^@^CWEP^A^@^@^A^@^H^@^L^@^Q^@^@^FKERNEL^CGDI^DUSER
+^ESHELL^A^A^C^@^@^Cÿ^CÍ?^CN^@^CÍ?^CÆ^@^CÍ?^C"^A^A^@-ÿ^CÍ?^C^@^D^Í
^Y^CÍ?^C^@^CÍ?^B>      ^CÍ?^B
^CÍ?^B¶^K^CÍ?^B^L^CÍ?^BÈ^L^CÍ?^C|^\^CÍ?^Bö^L^CÍ?^C^@^]^CÍ?^CB^L^CÍ?^C4
+^P^C^@^Gÿ^CÍ?^D^@^@^CÍ?^DZ^B^CÍ?^C<^M^CÍ?^C¾^\^CÍ?^C.^U^CÍ?^C¤^
^@^@^CÍ?
^D^CÍ?
8^D^CÍ?^CPG^CÍ?
^@^CÍ?
.^A^CÍ?
d^A^A^@^Dÿ^CÍ?^C`K^CÍ?^N²^E^CÍ?
à^D^CÍ?
"^BY^@^Rÿ^CÍ?^M4^@^CÍ?^M^A^CÍ?^M^@^CÍ?^M^@^CÍ?^MÐ^@^CÍ?^Mh^@^CÍ?^Mê^@^
+CÍ?^M^D^A^CÍ?^M8^A^CÍ?^MR^A^CÍ?^Ml^A^CÍ?^M"^B^CÍ?^Mº^A^CÍ?^MÔ
z^C^@Í?^B¶^B^@Í?^CXB^@Í?^B¸^G^@Í?^B
^F^@Í?^Br^N^@Í?^CÄ@^@Í?^Cð7^@Í?^CR&^@Í?^DpI^@Í?^C^_^@Í?^D@L^@Í?^PÒ^A^@
+Í?^Dü.^@Í?^D.^@Í?^C®.^@Í?^C^0^@Í?^CÜH^@Í?^C(^@Í?^C:M^@Í?^P³^B
^@Í?^C^H<^@Í?^DÒ^]^@Í?^D^@$^@Í?^DÈ^F^@Í?^CÀ^_^@Í?^C¢^_^@Í?^Dð^B^@Í?^D¢
+<^@Í?^DD^^^@Í?^D^H^@Í?^Dð^H^@Í?^CJ'^@Í?^Cê=^@Í?^D^Z^C^@Í?^H^Z^C
È^B^@Í?^N*^C^@Í?^P^@^@^@Í?^CNV^@Í?^B^^E^@Í?     ^\^F^@Í?         ^G^@Í
+?^M<^B^@Í?^M^@^@^@Í?^M¶^@^@Í?^M^Z^@^@Í?
^^^D^@Í?^C¦8^@Í?^CîW^@Í?^CTW^@Í?^CRQ^@Í?^B^@^@^@^@LOLE Client. support
+ (c) Copyright Microsoft Corp. 1990 - All Rights Reserved^@^@^NGEN
ERREXECUTEÍ^B^HERRCLOSEÅ^B      MFRELEASE,^A^KLEQUERYOPEN×^@^QOLEQUERY
+OUTOFDATE^_^@^NLESAVETOSTREAMÏ^@
ERRSETDATA¾^B   BMRELEASE^A^ROLECREATEINVISIBLE:^@     LESETDATAË^@^NM
+FSAVETOSTREAM.^A^QLESETTARGETDEVICEÍ^@^PLEQ

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how am i supposed to know if a byte is larger that 30(hex)...?

20060822 Janitored by Corion: Added formatting, code tags, as per Writeup Formatting Tips, removed H2 tags

wellll thnx for the help!!!!=) it really helped a lot

In reply to BIN to HEX by drip

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