ref: 25477859abb169a6041bca8e318c2b7039f5189d
dir: /tools/a2byte.pl/
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
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## Convert ascii to binary ##
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use strict;
$|=1;
binmode(STDOUT);
my $bintype;
$bintype = 'C';
my $dub;
my $buff;
while (<>) {
$buff = pack($bintype,$_);
print "$buff";
}