Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Decode .HQX File on Linux

A very simple solution is to use UUDeview which is available in many Linux distros. You can also use macutils on Debian-based distros. Or even easier, an online tool is here.

On Fedora:
# yum install uudeview

On Debian/Ubuntu:
# apt-get install uudeview

To decode file fxppd1110bm922ien.hqx, for example, you can use the following command.

$ uudeview -i fxppd1110bm922ien.hqx

Have a good day!

1 comment:

Darren Demers said...

This is a useful and technically focused guide for anyone working with legacy Macintosh files on Linux. The explanation of decoding HQX/BinHex files and the practical approach makes an otherwise obscure file format much easier to understand and handle, especially for developers dealing with old archives or cross-platform data recovery.
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