If the DBF was created by Visual FoxPro, the next 263 bytes describes the table's relationship to other files in a multi-file database. Finally the data records start. Records marked for deletion are displayed. Here is were the mixture of text and binary can be confusing. With the -a option, PeekDBF displays exactly what is in the data records.
Binary data is displayed as hex bytes enclosed in angle brackets.
This option is useful for examining the contents of DBFs. Converting DBF Files PeekDBF offers three conversions of DBFs. Of course, these conversions provide useful views of your DBFs, too. An SDF file contains records with fixed-width fields. Records are separated by newlines.