title: Unix wizardry to get the binary content of a file as text?
body: <p>I'm looking for an easy way to convert a simple binary file into a text-representation of its binary, where encoding doesn't matter. I know that the programmatic solution is straightforward, but I feel that there must be some arcane string of unix commands to accomplish this.</p>
  
  <p>Am I off base? Is there a simpler solution than the programmatic?</p>