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1.10    ! jmc         1: .\" $OpenBSD: file2c.1,v 1.9 2002/02/13 08:33:47 mpech Exp $
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1.10    ! jmc        10: .Dd $Mdocdate$
1.1       downsj     11: .Dt FILE2C 1
                     12: .Os
                     13: .Sh NAME
                     14: .Nm file2c
1.3       aaron      15: .Nd convert file to c-source
1.1       downsj     16: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     17: .Nm file2c
1.2       aaron      18: .Op Ar string
                     19: .Op Ar string
1.1       downsj     20: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     21: The
1.6       aaron      22: .Nm
1.7       aaron      23: utility reads a file from the standard input and writes it to the standard
                     24: output, converting each
1.1       downsj     25: byte to its decimal representation on the fly.
                     26: .Pp
1.4       aaron      27: If the first
1.7       aaron      28: .Ar string
                     29: is present, it is printed before the data.
                     30: If the second
                     31: .Ar string
1.1       downsj     32: is present, it is printed after the data.
                     33: .Pp
1.2       aaron      34: This program is used to embed binary or other files into C source files,
1.7       aaron      35: for instance as a
                     36: .Li char[] .
                     37: .Sh EXAMPLES
1.1       downsj     38: The command:
                     39: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.9       mpech      40: $ date | file2c 'const char date[] = {' ',0};'
1.1       downsj     41: .Ed
                     42: .Pp
                     43: will produce:
                     44: .Bd -literal -offset indent
                     45: const char date[] = {
                     46: 83,97,116,32,74,97,110,32,50,56,32,49,54,58,50,56,58,48,53,
                     47: 32,80,83,84,32,49,57,57,53,10
                     48: ,0};
                     49: .Ed
1.7       aaron      50: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     51: .Xr hexdump 1 ,
                     52: .Xr od 1