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[bug-gawk] enhancement: fixed-width record
From: |
jamesfengcao |
Subject: |
[bug-gawk] enhancement: fixed-width record |
Date: |
Fri, 20 Sep 2019 20:28:30 +0800 |
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Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) |
Dear Sir/Madam,
It appears not too complicated to add fixed-width record support. With this
support, the GNU awk can be used to handle most cases of binary files.
One such case is to handling binary files with strings mixed with binary
data. Usually these binary data are fixed-width. We can easily split the file
to text file with strings and pure binary file using tools like bbe. Using gawk
with fixed-width record support, we can easily sort the original mixed binary
file.
In fact, with this enhancement, gawk is automatically extended to be a very
powerful tool for binary data processing. In fact, it can handle almost all
cases. And the best thing is that it is almost free.
Best Regards
Jim
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