binary2ascii(1) General Commands Manual binary2ascii(1) NAME binary2ascii - Convert binary numbers to textual representation SYNOPSIS binary2ascii [flags] DESCRIPTION binary2ascii reads input consisting of binary numbers and converts them to their textual representation. Command line flags specify the type and size of the binary numbers and provide control over the format of the output. Unsigned integers may be written out in binary, octal, decimal, or hexadec- imal. Signed integers may be written out only in binary or decimal. Float- ing point numbers may be written out only in decimal, either in standard or scientific notation. (If you want to examine the binary representation of floating point numbers, just treat the input as a sequence of unsigned characters.) COMMAND LINE FLAGS Long options may not be available on some systems. -b,--base <base> Base for integer conversions: b(binary),d(ecimal), h(exadecimal), o(ctal), or 2,8,10, or 16. -d,--delimit Delimit the output as per the locale. This is the default on systems in which printf(3) supports delimitation. If delimitation is not en- abled, floating point numbers will have a decimal point and no sepa- ration of groups, integers no delimiters at all. With this option, the decimal separator will be chosen according to the locale (which, for example, may make it a comma), and non-fractional digits will be grouped and separated according to the rules for the locale in force. For American English, this means groups of three digits sepa- rated by commas, whereas for German in Germany it means groups of three digits separated by periods. -D,--do-not-delimit Do not delimit the output as per the -d option. -e,--exponential Use exponential (scientific) notation. -h,--help print help message -l,--linefeed add a linefeed after every 0x0A value if the size is char, short, int, or long, that is, the sizes that might represent a character. -L,locale <locale> Set the LC_NUMERIC facet of the locale to <locale>. -n,--number <number> number of items to print per line. -o,--offset <offset> byte offset at which to start. -p,--precision <precision> the precision to use when printing floating point numbers. -s,--sizes print sizes of types on current machine and related information -t,--type <type> set type and size of input -x,--no-hex-mark do not mark hexadecimal output with the prefix 0x. -V,--verbose be verbose. -v,--version print version information. -w,--width minimum field width. -X,--explain-exit-codes print a summary of the exit status codes. -z,--zero-pad-integers zero pad on left. -Z,--do-not-zero-pad-integers do not zero pad on left INPUT TYPES The following are the possible input types. Note that some types may not be available on some machines. d double f float q long double sc signed char ss signed short si signed int sl signed long sq signed long long uc unsigned char us unsigned short ui unsigned int ul unsigned long uq unsigned long long EXIT STATUS The following values are returned on exit: 0 SUCCESS The input was successfully converted. 1 INFO The user requested information such as the version number or usage synopsis and this has been provided. 2 SYSTEM ERROR An error resulted from a failure of the operating system such as an i/o error or inability to allocate storage. 3 COMMAND LINE ERROR The program was called with invalid or inconsistent command line flags. 5 INPUT ERROR This means that the input was ill-formed, that is that it could not be interpreted as a number of the required type. For example, if the input is 0x2A and a decimal value is called for, an INPUT ERROR will be returned since 0x2A is not a valid representation of a deci- mal integer. AUTHOR Bill Poser (billposer@alum.mit.edu) LICENSE GNU General Public License, version 3 SEE ALSO ascii2binary(1) July, 2010 binary2ascii(1)
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