How to find the Binaries location on the file system

Statement: Identify the Binary Location on the file system

Environment: AEM 6.3
Solution:
1. Go to this path http://localhost:4502/crx/de/index.jsp#/content/dam/projects/we-retail/cover/jcr%3Acontent/metadata



2. And Navigate to this path in crxde search : /content/dam/projects/we-retail/cover/jcr:content/metadata



3. Check the value of dam:sha1 and that shows the binary location on file system Dam:sha1 =a81372af7d4d9ab856cad6e293ea48e653f0e278


4. Whereas first letter a813 indicates datastore location on the file system where - \crx-quickstart\repository\datastore\0a\81\13 and you can observe the asset located under with file type .file : 0a81135558804df12feb78bd994c0f4416aad830

5. Now change the file extension to jpg i.e 0a81135558804df12feb78bd994c0f4416aad830.jpg
6. Open in the Phot viewer or Photoshop.
7. Post seeing the image and revert the image back to the original file extension i.e remove the .jpg extension.