Converting Between ASCII and Binary Files
The utility program, acuFmtArray, can be used to convert binary files to ASCII or vice-versa.
acuFmtArray -file Channel_acu.crd
acuFmtArray: Coordinates: Channel_acu.crd -> Channel_acu.crd.B
Once the file is converted to binary, it can no longer be edited by text editors. If you want to make changes to the file, it will need to be converted back to ASCII, then saved and again converted to binary. Note that AcuFmtArray infers the format of the file based on the extension. If a file name ends in .B, it is assumed to be binary. Otherwise, it is assumed to be ASCII.