After much research and trying examples of pack,unpack and hex editing I still cannot edit a binary file.

In the example below I need a perl routine to change all instances of the ASCII string "P200000976" in a binary file to read "Test123456" by replacing the hex values that define the target string (50 32 30 30 30 30 30 39 37 36) with values that represent the replacement string (54 65 73 74 31 32 33 34 35 36).

00002A00   00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 01 80  00 0A 50 32  30 30 30 30  30 39 37 36  00 00 00 01  ..................P200000976....

In reply to binary edit by pbyfire

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