The service log is a special log written in a binary format. You cannot view the log directly using a text editor. You should never directly edit the service log, as doing so will corrupt the log. To move the service log from one machine to another, you must use a mechanism like FTP, which supports binary file transfer.
You can view the service log by using the Showlog tool to convert the contents of the service log to a text format that you can then write to a file or dump to the command shell window. The steps for using the Showlog tool are described in Showlog Script.