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author | June McEnroe <june@causal.agency> | 2018-11-25 23:37:32 -0500 |
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committer | June McEnroe <june@causal.agency> | 2018-11-25 23:37:32 -0500 |
commit | 5df3ac82d26ddfbe3a6bd7ca24c66d4ed7a4eeb9 (patch) | |
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parent | Return enum Error from file functions in edi (diff) | |
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Add "ports" of some FreeBSD utilities for macOS
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diff --git a/port/file2c/file2c.1 b/port/file2c/file2c.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fe1fe5e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/port/file2c/file2c.1 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.\"---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42): +.\" <phk@FreeBSD.org> wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice, you +.\" can do whatever you want with this file. If we meet some day, and you think +.\" this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return. Poul-Henning Kamp +.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD: releng/11.2/usr.bin/file2c/file2c.1 173197 2007-10-30 17:49:00Z ru $ +.\" +.Dd March 22, 2007 +.Dt FILE2C 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm file2c +.Nd convert file to c-source +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl sx +.Op Fl n Ar count +.Op Ar prefix Op Ar suffix +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility reads a file from stdin and writes it to stdout, converting each +byte to its decimal or hexadecimal representation on the fly. +The byte values are separated by a comma. +This also means that the last byte value is not followed by a comma. +By default the byte values are printed in decimal, but when the +.Fl x +option is given, the values will be printed in hexadecimal. +When +.Fl s +option is given, each line is printed with a leading tab and each comma is +followed by a space except for the last one on the line. +.Pp +If more than 70 characters are printed on the same line, that line is +ended and the output continues on the next line. +With the +.Fl n +option this can be made to happen after the specified number of +byte values have been printed. +The length of the line will not be considered anymore. +To have all the byte values printed on the same line, give the +.Fl n +option a negative number. +.Pp +A prefix and suffix strings can be printed before and after the byte values +(resp.) +If a suffix is to be printed, a prefix must also be specified. +The first non-option word is the prefix, which may optionally be followed +by a word that is to be used as the suffix. +.Pp +This program is typically used to embed binary files into C source files. +The prefix is used to define an array type and the suffix is used to end +the C statement. +The +.Fl n , s +and +.Fl x +options are useful when the binary data represents a bitmap and the output +needs to remain readable and/or editable. +Fonts, for example, are a good example of this. +.Sh EXAMPLES +The command: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +date | file2c 'const char date[] = {' ',0};' +.Ed +.Pp +will produce: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +const char date[] = { +83,97,116,32,74,97,110,32,50,56,32,49,54,58,50,56,58,48,53, +32,80,83,84,32,49,57,57,53,10 +,0}; +.Ed |