Is there a way to turn a executable file into a text file and
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Is there a way to turn a executable file into a text file and back again?
yes
infact, a common example is e-mail, e-mail only supports text, so attachments are converted to base64
>>54558431
>Is there a way to turn a executable file into a text file and back again?
Rename .exe to .txt then rename .txt back to .exe
>>54558431
>>/sqt/
You fucking retard
>>54558448
>so attachments are converted to base64
Is there a free program that does this?
>>54558431
Ah, a prime example of a Window's user.
>>54558474
Fuck off dumb nigger
>>54558455
I tried that but it still runs as an exe when I double click it.
>>54558459
plenty, infact, many operating systems come with a tool that can convert to and from base64, it's that common% base64 $(which burnMMX)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>>54558459
GNU coreutils base64 decodes and encodes
>>54558448
on this note, if you've ever wondered why attaching a 9.9M file to an email on a provider with a 10M limit doesn't work, it's because of the overhead of converting the data to base64
>>54558478
Does a warning appear when you change the extension?
If not, you are not actually changing the extensions but renaming your file to xxx.txt.exe
>>54558531
changing the extension doesn't change the content of the file
>>54558523
Thanks, i used to wonder about this everynight before i went to sleep.