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FILE2C(1) General Commands Manual FILE2C(1)

file2cconvert file to c-source

file2c [string] [string]

The file2c utility reads a file from the standard input and writes it to the standard output, converting each byte to its decimal representation on the fly.

If the first string is present, it is printed before the data. If the second string is present, it is printed after the data.

This program is used to embed binary or other files into C source files, for instance as a char[].

The command:

$ date | file2c 'const char date[] = {' ',0};'

will produce:

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};

hexdump(1), od(1)

May 31, 2007 OpenBSD-5.5